Isaiah 5:22–30

^22aWoe to those who are heroes in drinking wine

And valiant men in mixing strong drink,

^23aWho justify the wicked for a bribe,

And ^btake away the ¹rights of the ones who are in the right!

²⁴Therefore, ^aas a tongue of fire consumes stubble

And dry grass collapses into the flame,

So their ^broot will become ^clike rot and their blossom ¹blow away as dust;

For they have ^drejected the law of the Lord of hosts

And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

²⁵On this account the ^aanger of the Lord has burned against His people,

And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down.

And the ^bmountains quaked, and their ^ccorpses ¹lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.

^dFor all this His anger ²is not spent,

But His ^ehand is still stretched out.

²⁶He will also lift up a ^astandard to the ¹distant nation,

And will ^bwhistle for it ^cfrom the ends of the earth;

And behold, it will ^dcome with speed swiftly.

^27aNo one in it is weary or stumbles,

None slumbers or sleeps;

Nor is the ^bbelt at its waist undone,

Nor its sandal strap broken.

^281aIts arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;

The hoofs of its horses ²seem like flint and its chariot ^bwheels like a whirlwind.

²⁹Its ^aroaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;

It growls as it ^bseizes the prey

And carries it off with ^cno one to deliver it.

³⁰And it will ^agrowl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea.

If one ^blooks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;

Even the light is darkened by its clouds.