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Isaiah 5:20-25

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20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;

Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;

Who substitute 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 in drinking wine,

And valiant men in mixing intoxicating drink,

23Who declare the wicked innocent for a bribe,

And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!

24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble,

And dry grass collapses in the flame,

So their root will become like rot, and their blossom blow away like dust;

For they have rejected the Law of the Lord of armies,

And discarded the word of the Holy One of Israel.

25For this reason the anger of the Lord has burned against His people,

And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them.

And the mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.

Despite all this, His anger is not spent,

But His hand is still stretched out.