Woes to Those Who Call Evil Good
8 Woe to those who aadd house to house and join field to field,
Until there is no more room,
So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!
9 In my ears Yahweh of hosts has sworn, “Surely, amany houses shall become bdesolate,
Even great and good ones, without inhabitants.
10 For aten acres of vineyard will yield only one bath of wine,
And a bhomer of seed will yield but an ephah of grain.”
11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue astrong drink,
Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!
12 And their banquets are accompanied by lyre and aharp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But they bdo not look upon the deeds of Yahweh,
Nor do they see the work of His hands.
13 Therefore My people go into exile for their alack of knowledge;
And their bhonorable men are famished,
And their multitude is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore aSheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without limit;
And Jerusalem’s majesty, her multitude, her rumbling, and the exultant within her, descend into it.
15 So the common man will be bowed down and the man of importance will be made low,
aThe eyes of the lofty also will be made low.
16 But aYahweh of hosts will be blofty in judgment,
And the holy God will show Himself choly in righteousness.
17 aThen the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
And sojourners will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.
18 Woe to those who drag ainiquity with the cords of worthlessness,
And sin as if with cart ropes,
19 aWho say, “Let Him hurry, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it;
And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near
And come to pass, that we may know it!”
20 Woe to those who acall evil good and good evil,
Who bsubstitute darkness for light and light for darkness,
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are awise in their own eyes
And understanding in their own sight!
22 aWoe to those who are mighty men in drinking wine
And valiant men in mixing strong drink,
23 aWho declare the wicked righteous for a bribe,
And bremove the righteous standing of the ones who are righteous!