12. They have lyre and harp,tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,or see the work of his hands.
13. Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge;their honored men go hungry,and their multitude is parched with thirst.
14. Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetiteand opened its mouth beyond measure,and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down,her revelers and he who exults in her.
15. Man is humbled, and each one is brought low,and the eyes of the haughty are brought low.
16. But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice,and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
17. Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture,and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.
18. Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood,who draw sin as with cart ropes,
19. who say: “Let him be quick,let him speed his workthat we may see it;let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,and let it come, that we may know it!”
20. Woe to those who call evil goodand good evil, who put darkness for lightand light for darkness,who put bitter for sweetand sweet for bitter!
21. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,and shrewd in their own sight!
22. Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
23. who acquit the guilty for a bribe,and deprive the innocent of his right!
24. Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,so their root will be as rottenness,and their blossom go up like dust;for they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25. Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,and the mountains quaked;and their corpses were as refusein the midst of the streets. For all this his anger has not turned away,and his hand is stretched out still.
26. He will raise a signal for nations far away,and whistle for them from the ends of the earth;and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
27. None is weary, none stumbles,none slumbers or sleeps,not a waistband is loose,not a sandal strap broken;