Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 5:11-22

11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

13Therefore My people will go into exilefor their lack of understanding;their dignitaries are starvingand their masses are parched with thirst.14Therefore Sheol enlarges its throatand opens wide its enormous jaws,and down go Zion’s nobles and masses,her revelers and carousers!

15So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled;the arrogant will lower their eyes.16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice,and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.17Lambs will graze as in their own pastures,and strangers1 will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceitand pull sin along with cart ropes,19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His workso that we may see it!Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel comeso that we may know it!”

20Woe to those who call evil goodand good evil,who turn darkness to lightand light to darkness,who replace bitter with sweetand sweet with bitter.

21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyesand clever in their own sight.

22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wineand champions in mixing strong drink,

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1. Isaiah 5:17 LXX lambs ↩

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