Isaiah 5:10–18
10For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.”↗
11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!↗
12The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of the LORD, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.↗
13Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.↗
14Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.↗
15So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;↗
16but the LORD of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.↗
17Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.↗
18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,↗
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