WOE TO THE WICKED 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great & fair, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, & the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! 12 & the harp, & the viol, the tabret, & pipe, & wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. 13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: & their honourable men are famished, & their multitude dried up with thirst. 14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, & opened her mouth without measure: & their glory, & their multitude, & their pomp, & he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 15 & the mean man shall be brought down, & the mighty man shall be humbled, & the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, & God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. 17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, & the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, & sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, & hasten his work, that we may see it: & let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh & come, that we may know it! 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, & good evil; that put darkness for light, & light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, & sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, & prudent in their own sight! 22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, & men of strength to mingle strong drink: 23 Which justify the wicked for reward, & take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! 24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, & the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, & their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, & despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, & he hath stretched forth his hand against them, & hath smitten them: & the hills did tremble, & their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 26 & he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, & will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: &, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 28 Whose arrows are sharp, & all their bows bent, their horses hoofs shall be counted like flint, & their wheels like a whirlwind: 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, & lay hold of the prey, & shall carry it away safe, & none shall deliver it. 30 & in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: & if one look unto the land, behold darkness & sorrow, & the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
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