Isa 5:8-17 | ESV | STEP | Woe to those who join house to house , who add field to field , until there is no more room , and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land .

Isaiah 5:8-17

Woe to the Wicked

8 Woe to those who ^ajoin house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.
9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
^b“Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
10 ^cFor ten acres ^{▼▼Hebrew ten yoke, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day} of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a ^ehomer of seed shall yield but an ephah.” ^{▼▼A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; an ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters}
11 Woe to those who ^grise early in the morning,
that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
as wine inflames them!
12 ^hThey have lyre and harp,
tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
ⁱbut they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
or see the work of his hands.
13 Therefore my people go into exile
^jfor lack of knowledge; ^{▼▼Or without their knowledge}
their ^lhonored men go hungry, ^{▼▼Or die of hunger}
and their multitude is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol has ⁿenlarged its appetite
and opened ^oits mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem ^{▼▼Hebrew her nobility} and her multitude will go down,
her revelers and he who ^qexults in her.
15 ^rMan is humbled, and each one is brought low,
and the eyes of the haughty ^{▼▼Hebrew high} are brought low.
16 ^tBut the Lord of hosts is exalted ^{▼▼Hebrew high} in justice,
and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
17 Then shall the lambs graze ^vas in their pasture,
and ^wnomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.