Isaiah 5:8–17

Judah’s Sins Denounced

⁸Woe to those who add house to house ^c

and join field to field

until there is no more room

and you alone are left in the land.

⁹I heard the Lord of Hosts say:

Indeed, many houses ^dwill become desolate,

grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.

¹⁰For a ten-acre ^evineyard will yield

only six gallons, ^f

and 10 bushels ^gof seed will yield

only one bushel. ^h

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 ^mdignitaries are starving,

and her ⁿmasses are parched with thirst.

¹⁴Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat

and opens wide its enormous jaws, ^o

and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses,

her crowds, and those who carouse in her!

¹⁵Humanity is brought low, man is humbled,

and haughty eyes are humbled. ^p

¹⁶But the Lord of Hosts is exalted by His justice, ^q

and the holy God ^ris distinguished by righteousness. ^s

¹⁷Lambs will graze

as if in ^ttheir own pastures, ^u

and strangers ^vwill eat

among the ruins of the rich.