Isaiah 5:8–17

JUDAH’S SINS DENOUNCED

⁸Woe to those who add house to house^g

and join field to field

until there is no more room

and you alone are left in the land.

⁹I heard the Lord of Armies say:

Indeed, many houses^h will become desolate,

grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.

¹⁰For a ten-acre^B vineyard will yield

only six gallons of wine,^C

and ten bushels^D of seed will yield

only one bushel of grain.^E

¹¹Woe to those who rise early in the morning

in pursuit of beer,ⁱ

who linger into the evening,

inflamed by wine.

¹²At their feasts they have lyre, harp,

tambourine, flute, and wine.

They do not perceive the Lord’s actions,^j

and they do not see the work of his hands.^k

¹³Therefore my people will go into exile

because they lack knowledge;^l

her^F dignitaries are starving,

and her masses are parched with thirst.

¹⁴Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat

and opens wide its enormous jaws,^m

and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses,

her crowds, and those who celebrate in her!

¹⁵Humanity is brought low, each person is humbled,

and haughty eyes are humbled.ⁿ

¹⁶But the Lord of Armies is exalted by his justice,^o

and the holy God^p demonstrates his holiness through his righteousness.^q

¹⁷Lambs will graze

as if in^G their own pastures,^r

and resident aliens^H will eat

among the ruins of the rich.