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Isaiah 5:13-24
New King James Version
Isaiah 5:13-24
New King James Version
13 (A)Therefore my people have gone into captivity,
Because they have no (B)knowledge;
Their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself
And opened its mouth beyond measure;
Their glory and their multitude and their pomp,
And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it.
15 People shall be brought down,
(C)Each man shall be humbled,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
16 But the Lord of hosts shall be (D)exalted in judgment,
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
And in the waste places of (E)the [a]fat ones strangers shall eat.
18 Woe to those who [b]draw iniquity with cords of [c]vanity,
And sin as if with a cart rope;
19 (F)That say, “Let Him make speed and hasten His work,
That we may see it;
And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come,
That we may know it.”
20 Woe to those 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!
21 Woe to those who are (G)wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
23 Who (H)justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away justice from the righteous man!
24 Therefore, (I)as the [d]fire devours the stubble,
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So (J)their root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like dust;
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:17 Lit. fatlings, rich ones
- Isaiah 5:18 drag
- Isaiah 5:18 emptiness or falsehood
- Isaiah 5:24 Lit. tongue of fire
Isaiah 5:13-24
New International Version
Isaiah 5:13-24
New International Version
13 Therefore my people will go into exile(A)
for lack of understanding;(B)
those of high rank(C) will die of hunger
and the common people will be parched with thirst.(D)
14 Therefore Death(E) expands its jaws,
opening wide its mouth;(F)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
with all their brawlers and revelers.(G)
15 So people will be brought low(H)
and everyone humbled,(I)
the eyes of the arrogant(J) humbled.
16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted(K) by his justice,(L)
and the holy God will be proved holy(M) by his righteous acts.
17 Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;(N)
lambs will feed[a] among the ruins of the rich.
18 Woe(O) to those who draw sin along with cords(P) of deceit,
and wickedness(Q) as with cart ropes,
19 to those who say, “Let God hurry;
let him hasten(R) his work
so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One(S) of Israel—
let it approach, let it come into view,
so we may know it.”(T)
20 Woe(U) to those who call evil good(V)
and good evil,(W)
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,(X)
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.(Y)
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes(Z)
and clever in their own sight.
22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine(AA)
and champions at mixing drinks,(AB)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,(AC)
but deny justice(AD) to the innocent.(AE)
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire(AF) lick up straw(AG)
and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay(AH)
and their flowers blow away like dust;(AI)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
and spurned the word(AJ) of the Holy One(AK) of Israel.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:17 Septuagint; Hebrew / strangers will eat
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