Isaiah 5:22–30

²²Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,

Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,

²³Who ^ujustify the wicked for a bribe,

And take away justice from the righteous man!

²⁴Therefore, ^vas the ³fire devours the stubble,

And the flame consumes the chaff,

So ^wtheir root will be as rottenness,

And their blossom will ascend like dust;

Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,

And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

^25xTherefore the anger of the Lord is aroused against His people;

He has stretched out His hand against them

And stricken them,

And ^ythe hills trembled.

Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets.

^zFor all this His anger is not turned away,

But His hand is stretched out still.

^26aHe will lift up a banner to the nations from afar,

And will ^bwhistle to them from ^cthe end of the earth;

Surely ^dthey shall come with speed, swiftly.

²⁷No one will be weary or stumble among them,

No one will slumber or sleep;

Nor ^ewill the belt on their loins be loosed,

Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;

^28fWhose arrows are sharp,

And all their bows bent;

Their horses’ hooves will ⁴seem like flint,

And their wheels like a whirlwind.

²⁹Their roaring will be like a lion,

They will roar like young lions;

Yes, they will roar

And lay hold of the prey;

They will carry it away safely,

And no one will deliver.

³⁰In that day they will roar against them

Like the roaring of the sea.

And if one ^glooks to the land,

Behold, darkness and ⁵sorrow;

And the light is darkened by the clouds.