nkjv Isaiah:5:8-30 SEEK
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Woe to those who join house to house ;
They add field to field ,
Till there is no place Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land !
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In my hearing the LORD of hosts said , "
Truly ,
many houses shall be desolate ,
Great and beautiful ones ,
without inhabitant .
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For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath ,
And a homer of seed shall yield one ephah ."
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Woe to those who rise early in the morning ,
That they may follow intoxicating drink ;
Who continue until night ,
till wine inflames them !
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The harp and the strings ,
The tambourine and flute ,
And wine are in their feasts ;
But they do not regard the work of the LORD ,
Nor consider the operation of His hands .
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Therefore my people have gone into captivity ,
Because they have no knowledge ;
Their honorable men are famished ,
And their multitude dried up with thirst .
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Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself And opened its mouth beyond measure ;
Their glory and their multitude and their pomp ,
And he who is jubilant ,
shall descend into it .
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People shall be brought down ,
Each man shall be humbled ,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled .
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But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment ,
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness .
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Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture ,
And in the waste places of the fat ones strangers shall eat .
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Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity ,
And sin as if with a cart rope ;
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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 near and come ,
That we may know it ."
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Woe to those 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 !
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Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes ,
And prudent in their own sight !
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Woe to men mighty at drinking wine ,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink ,
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Who justify the wicked for a bribe ,
And take away justice from the righteous man !
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Therefore ,
as the fire devours the stubble ,
And the flame consumes the chaff ,
So their root will be as rottenness ,
And their blossom will ascend like dust ;
Because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts ,
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel .
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Therefore the anger of the LORD is aroused against His people ;
He has stretched out His hand against them And stricken them ,
And the hills trembled .
Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets .
For all this His anger is not turned away ,
But His hand is stretched out still .
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He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar ,
And will whistle to them from the end of the earth ;
Surely they shall come with speed ,
swiftly .
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No one will be weary or stumble among them ,
No one will slumber or sleep ;
Nor will the belt on their loins be loosed ,
Nor the strap of their sandals be broken ;
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Whose arrows are sharp ,
And all their bows bent ;
Their horses '
hooves will seem like flint ,
And their wheels like a whirlwind .
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Their roaring will be like a lion ,
They will roar like young lions ;
Yes ,
they will roar And lay hold of the prey ;
They will carry it away safely ,
And no one will deliver .
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In that day they will roar against them Like the roaring of the sea .
And if one looks to the land ,
Behold ,
darkness and sorrow ;
And the light is darkened by the clouds .