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Isaiah 5:24-30

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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.

26He will also lift up a flag to the distant nation,

And whistle for it from the ends of the earth;

And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.

27No one in it is tired or stumbles,

No one slumbers or sleeps;

Nor is the undergarment at his waist loosened,

Nor his sandal strap broken.

28Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;

The hoofs of its horses seem like flint, and its chariot wheels like a storm wind.

29Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;

It growls as it seizes the prey

And carries it off with no one to save it.

30And it will roar against it on that day like the roaring of the sea.

If one looks across to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;

Even the light is darkened by its clouds.