Isaiah 5:8–17

Woe to the Wicked

⁸Woe to those who ^ejoin house to house,

who add field to field,

until there is no more room,

and you are made to dwell alone

in the midst of the land.

⁹The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:

^f“Surely many houses shall be desolate,

large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.

^10gFor ten acres⁴ of vineyard shall yield but one bath,

and a ^hhomer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”⁵

¹¹Woe to those who ⁱrise early in the morning,

that they may run after strong drink,

who tarry late into the evening

as wine inflames them!

^12jThey have lyre and harp,

tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,

^kbut they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,

or see the work of his hands.

¹³Therefore my people go into exile

^lfor lack of knowledge;⁶

their ^mhonored men go hungry,⁷

and their multitude is parched with thirst.

¹⁴Therefore Sheol has ⁿenlarged its appetite

and opened ^oits mouth beyond measure,

and the nobility of Jerusalem⁸ and her multitude will go down,

her revelers and he who ^pexults in her.

^15qMan is humbled, and each one is brought low,

and the eyes of the haughty⁹ are brought low.

^16rBut the Lord of hosts is exalted¹⁰ in justice,

and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.

¹⁷Then shall the lambs graze ^sas in their pasture,

and ^tnomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.