Isaiah 5:11-22

11Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine.

12They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the Lord is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about.

13Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink.

14So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion’s dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.

15Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

16The Lord who commands armies will be exalted when he punishes, the sovereign God’s authority will be recognized when he judges.

17Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.

18Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.

19They say, “Let him hurry, let him act quickly, so we can see; let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take shape and come to pass, then we will know it!”

20Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.

21Those who think they are wise are as good as dead, those who think they possess understanding.

22Those who are champions at drinking wine are as good as dead, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.