'Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till
there be no place, that they may he placed alone in the midst of the
earth! 9. In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses
shall he desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10. Yea, ten
acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and 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. And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and
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: and their
honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
14. Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without
measure: and their glory and their multitude, and their pomp, and he
that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 15. And the mean man shall be
brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the
lofty shall be humbled: 16. But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in
judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. 17.
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, 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 it were with a cart rope: 19. That say,
Let Him make speed, and hasten 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 that call evil good, and good evil; that put
darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet,
and sweet for bitter! 21. Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes,
and prudent in their own sight! 22. Woe unto them that are mighty to
drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: 23. Which
justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the
righteous from him! 24. Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and