Woe to those who rise early in the morning
to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
till they are inflamed with wine.
They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
tambourines and flutes and wine,
but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands. Isaiah 5:11-12
Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,
Isaiah 5:18
Woe 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. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and
clever in their own sight.
Isaiah 5:20-21
Therefore the Lord’s anger burns against his people; his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake, and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets.
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
He lifts up a banner for the distant nations,
he whistles for those at the ends of the
earth. Here they come, swiftly and speedily!
Not one of them grows tired or stumbles, not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt is loosened at the waist, not a sandal strap is broken.
Their arrows are sharp, all their bows are strung; their horses’ hooves seem like flint,
their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.
Their roar is like that of the lion, they roar like young lions; they growl as they seize
their prey and carry it off with no one to rescue. In that day they will roar over it like
the roaring of the sea.
And if one looks at the land, he will see darkness and distress;
even the light will be darkened by the clouds.
Isaiah 5:25-30