Isaiah 5:7-17

7The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the vines he delighted in. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.

8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.

9The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing: “Surely the great houses will become desolate, the fine mansions left without occupants.

10A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath of wine; a homer of seed will yield only an ephah of grain.”

11Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine.

12They have harps and lyres at their banquets, pipes and timbrels and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord, no respect for the work of his hands.

13Therefore my people will go into exile for lack of understanding; those of high rank will die of hunger and the common people will be parched with thirst.

14Therefore Death expands its jaws, opening wide its mouth; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.

15So people will be brought low and everyone humbled, the eyes of the arrogant humbled.

16But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.

17Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture; lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich.