20 Woe to those who call evil good

and good evil,v

who substitute darkness for light

and light for darkness,

who substitute bitter for sweet

and sweet for bitter.

21 Woe to those who consider themselves wise

and judge themselves clever.I,w

22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,

who are champions at pouring beer,x

23 who acquit the guilty for a bribey

and deprive the innocent of justice.

24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw

and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,

so their roots will become like something rotten

and their blossoms will blow away like dust,

for they have rejecteda

the instruction of the Lord of Armies,

and they have despised

the word of the Holy One of Israel.b