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Isaiah 5:16-24

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16But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.

17Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture; lambs will feed Septuagint; Hebrew / strangers will eat among the ruins of the rich.

18Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,

19to those who say, “Let God hurry; let him hasten his work so we may see it. The plan of the Holy One of Israel— let it approach, let it come into view, so we may know it.”

20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

22Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks,

23who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.

24Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.