Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 5:18-25

18WoeH1945 to those who drawH4900 iniquityH5771 with cordsH2256 of deceitH7723 and pull sin alongH2403 with cartH5699 ropesH5688,19to those who sayH559, “Let Him hurryH4116 and hasten His workH4639 H2363 so thatH4616 we may see itH7200 H7126! Let the planH6098 of the HolyH6918 One of IsraelH3478 comeH935 so that we may know itH3045!”

20WoeH1945 to those who callH559 evilH7451 goodH2896and goodH2896 evilH7451,who turnH7760 darknessH2822 to lightH216and lightH216 to darknessH2822,who replaceH7760 bitterH4751 with sweetH4966and sweetH4966 with bitterH4751.

21WoeH1945 to those who are wiseH2450 in their own eyesH5869and cleverH995 inH5048 their own sightH6440.

22WoeH1945 to those who are heroesH1368 in drinkingH8354 wineH3196and championsH582 H2428 in mixingH4537 strong drinkH7941,23who acquitH6663 the guiltyH7563 forH6118 a bribeH7810and depriveH5493 the innocentH6662 H4480 of justiceH6666.

24ThereforeH3651, as a tongueH3956 of fireH784 consumesH398 the strawH7179,and as dry grassH2842 shrivelsH7503 in the flameH3852,so their rootsH8328 will decayH1961 H4716and their blossomsH6525 will blow awayH5927 like dustH80;forH3588 they have rejectedH3988 the instructionH8451 of the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635 and despisedH5006 the wordH565 of the HolyH6918 One of IsraelH3478.25ThereforeH5921 H3651 the angerH639 of the LORDH3068 burnsH2734 against His peopleH5971;His handH3027 is raisedH5186 against themH5921 to strike them downH5221.The mountainsH2022 quakeH7264,and the corpsesH5038 lieH1961 like refuseH5478 inH7130 the streetsH2351.

Despite allH3605 thisH2063, His angerH639 is notH3808 turned awayH7725;His handH3027 is stillH5750 upraisedH5186.

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