Isaiah 5:8–17

⁸Woe to those who join 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:

“Surely many houses shall be desolate,

large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.

¹⁰For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath,

and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”

¹¹Woe to those who rise early in the morning,

that they may run after strong drink,

who tarry late into the evening

till wine inflames them!

¹²They have lyre and harp,

timbrel and flute and wine at their feasts;

but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,

or see the work of his hands.

¹³Therefore my people go into exile for want of knowledge;

their honored men are dying of hunger,

and their multitude is parched with thirst.

¹⁴Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite

and opened its mouth beyond measure,

and the nobility of Jerusalem^f and her multitude go down,

her throng and he who exults in her.

¹⁵Man is bowed down, and men are brought low,

and the eyes of the haughty are humbled.

¹⁶But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice,

and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.

¹⁷Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture,

fatlings and kids^g shall feed among the ruins.