Verse 21
Isaiah 5:21
Free Bible Version
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Tragedy is coming to you who are wine-drinking champions, and experts at mixing alcoholic drinks;
Original Language Text
hebrew
ה֖וֹי חֲכָמִ֣ים בְּ/עֵֽינֵי/הֶ֑ם וְ/נֶ֥גֶד פְּנֵי/הֶ֖ם נְבֹנִֽים
English Translation
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Let me sing a song for my love, about his vineyard. My love owned a vineyard on a productive hill.
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2
He dug it over, cleared the ground of stones, and planted it with the very best vines. In the middle...
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3
“Now, you people who live in Jerusalem and Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.
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What more could I have done for my vineyard than I've already done? When I looked for sweet grapes,...
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5
So let me tell you what I'm going to do to my vineyard. I'll remove its hedge, and it will be destro...
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6
I'll turn it into a wasteland. It won't be pruned or weeded—it will be overgrown with brambles and t...
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7
Israel is the vineyard of the Lord Almighty, and the people of Judah are the plants in his garden th...
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8
Tragedy is coming to you who buy house upon house and field upon field, joining them all together un...
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9
I heard the Lord Almighty declare: You can be sure that many houses are destined to become ruins, an...
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10
Ten acres of vineyard will only produce six gallons of wine, and a measure of seed only a tenth of t...
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11
Tragedy is coming to you who get up early in the morning wanting a drink, and who stay up late drink...
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12
At their feasts you have lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine, but you don't ever consi...
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13
As a result my people will be exiled for their lack of understanding. Their honored leaders will sta...
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14
The grave's appetite increases, its mouth opens wide, and Jerusalem's nobility and the masses will g...
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15
Everyone will be brought down, everyone will be humbled; the proud will lower their eyes in humiliat...
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16
But the Lord Almighty will be vindicated because he does what is right; the holy God (Elohim) will b...
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17
Lambs will graze as in their own pasture; fattened livestock and goats will feed among the ruins of...
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18
Tragedy is coming to you who drag along your sins behind you with cords made of lies, pulling with r...
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19
You are among the people who say, “God (Elohim) should hurry up! Why doesn't God (Elohim) get a move...
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20
Tragedy is coming to you who say evil is good, and good is evil; who turn darkness into light and li...
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21
Tragedy is coming to you who are wine-drinking champions, and experts at mixing alcoholic drinks;
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you who set the guilty free for a bribe, and yet deny justice to the innocent.
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23
In the same way fire burns up stubble and dry grass falls down in the flames, so their roots will de...
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24
That's why the Lord burns with anger against his people. He has lifted up his hand and hit them, sha...
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25
He will send a signal to the distant nations, and will whistle for those living at the ends of the e...
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None of them gets tired or stumbles; none of them rests or sleeps. No belt comes loose, and no sanda...
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Their arrows are already sharpened, and all their bows have been strung. The hooves of their horses...
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28
They roar like lions, like young lions. They growl, and pounce on their prey. They drag it off so it...
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At that time they will roar over their prey like the roaring of the sea. Anyone who looks out over t...
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