Isaiah 5:8-23

8Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!

9In mine ears Jehovah of hosts [hath said], Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.

10Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.

11Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, [till] wine inflameth them!

12And harp and lyre, tambour and flute, and wine are in their banquets; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, nor do they see the operation of his hands.

13Therefore my people are led away captive from lack of knowledge, and their nobility die of famine, and their multitude are parched with thirst.

14Therefore doth Sheol enlarge its desire, and open its mouth without measure; and her splendour shall descend [into it], and her multitude, and her tumult, and [all] that is joyful within her.

15And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low;

16and Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy 1God hallowed in righteousness.

17And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!

19who say, Let him hasten, let him speed his work, that we may see [it]; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

20Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!

22Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink;

23who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!