Isaiah 5:22–30

^22qWoe unto them that are ^rmighty to drink wine,

And men of strength to mingle strong drink:

^23sWhich justify the wicked for ^treward,

And take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

²⁴Therefore ^aas ^†the fire devoureth ^bthe stubble,

And ^cthe flame consumeth ^bthe chaff,

So ^dtheir root shall be as ^erottenness,

And their blossom shall go up as dust:

Because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts,

And ^fdespised the word of ^ffthe Holy One of Israel.

^25gTherefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people,

And he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them:

And ^hthe hills did tremble, and their carcases were ^||torn in the midst of the streets.

ⁱFor all this his anger is not turned away,

But his hand is stretched out still.

^26kAnd he will lift up an ensign to the nations ^lnfrom far,

And ^mwill hiss unto them ⁿfrom the end of the earth:

And, behold, they shall come ⁿⁿwith speed swiftly:

^27oNone shall be weary nor ^pstumble among them;

None shall ^qslumber nor sleep;

Neither ^rshall the girdle of their loins be loosed,

Nor ^sthe latchet of their shoes be broken:

^28tWhose arrows are sharp, and all ^utheir bows bent,

Their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint,

And their wheels ^vlike a whirlwind:

²⁹Their roaring shall be ^wlike ^xa lion,

They shall roar like ^xyoung lions:

Yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey,

And shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

³⁰And ^yin that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea:

And ^zif one look unto the land, ^zbehold darkness and ^||sorrow,

^||And the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.