OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 22

Isaiah 5:22

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Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine,

and champions at mixing strong drink;

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Isaiah 5:22 in context

Isaiah 5:19–25

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who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it;

let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come,

that we may know it!”

20

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!

21

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,

and prudent in their own sight!

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Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine,

and champions at mixing strong drink;

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who acquit the guilty for a bribe,

but deny justice for the innocent!

24

Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,

and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame,

so their root shall be as rottenness,

and their blossom shall go up as dust,

because they have rejected the law of the LORD of Armies,

and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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Therefore the LORD’s anger burns against his people,

and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them.

The mountains tremble,

and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets.

For all this, his anger is not turned away,

but his hand is still stretched out.

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