16. and Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy ·God hallowed in righteousness.
17. And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
18. Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!
19. who say, Let him hasten, let him speed his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
20. Woe unto them 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 unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!
22. Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink;
23. who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!
24. Therefore as a tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and dry grass sinketh down in the flame, their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; for they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25. Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand against them and hath smitten them; and the mountains trembled, and their carcases are become as dung in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.