Isaiah 10:1-4 - Woes On The Wicked

¹ Wo to those decreeing not decrees, and they wrote writings of labor; ² To turn away the judgment of the powerless, and to strip off judgment of the distressed of my people, for widows to be their plunder, and they will plunder orphans. ³ And what will ye do for the day of reviewing, and for the tempest coming from far off? upon whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? ⁴ Not to bow under the bound, and they shall fell under the slain; in all this his anger turned not back, and yet his hand stretched out

⁸ Wo to those touching house upon house, they will bring near field upon field, till no more place, and ye dwelt yourselves alone in the midst of the earth.

⁹ In the ears of Jehovah of armies, If not many houses shall be for desolation, great and good from none dwelling. ¹⁰ For ten measures of a vineyard shall make one bath, and the seed of an omer shall make an ephah.

¹¹ Wo to those rising early in the morning, they will follow strong drink; remaining in the evening, wine will inflame them. ¹² And there was the harp and the lyre, the drum and the pipe, and the wine of their drinking's: but the work of Jehovah they will not look at, and the work of his hands they saw not

¹³ For this my people were carried into exile from not knowing; and their honor, men of famine, and their multitude dry with thirst ¹⁴ For this, hades enlarged her soul, and opened wide her mouth without bound: and her honor shall go down, and her multitude, and her tumult, and he rejoicing, into her. ¹⁵ And man shall bow down, and man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the haughty shall be humbled. ¹⁶ And Jehovah of armies shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God consecrated in justice. ¹⁷ And the lambs feed according to their word, and the deserts of the fat ones shall strangers eat

¹⁸ Wo to those drawing iniquity with cords of evil, and sin as the cords of a wagon: ¹⁹ Saying, He shall hasten, he shall urge on his work, so that we shall see: and the counsel of the holy one of Israel shall draw near and come and we shall know. ²⁰ Wo to those saying, to evil, good, and to the good, evil; putting darkness for light, and light for darkness; putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitten ²¹ Wo to the wise in their eyes, and knowing before their face. ²² Wo to the strong to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink: ²³ Justifying the unjust on account of a gift, and they will take away the justice of the just from him.

²⁴ For this as the tongue of fire consumes the straw, and the dry grass of flame will collapse: their root shall be as rottenness, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of Jehovah of armies, and the saying of the Holy One of Israel they despised. ²⁵ For this the anger of Jehovah was kindled against his people, and he will stretch forth his hand against them and strike them: and the mountains will be moved and their carcasses shall be as dung in the midst of the streets. In all this his anger was not turned back, and his hand was yet stretched out.