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Isaiah 5:20-24

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20 Doom to those who call evil good and good evil, who present darkness as light and light as darkness, who make bitterness sweet and sweetness bitter.
20 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.
21 Doom to those who consider themselves wise, who think of themselves as clever.
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
22 Doom to the wine-swigging warriors, mighty at mixing drinks,
22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks,
23 who spare the guilty for bribes, and rob the innocent of their rights.
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.
24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire devours stubble, and as hay shrivels in a flame, so their roots will rot, and their blossoms turn to dust, for they have rejected the teaching of the LORD of heavenly forces, and have despised the word of Israel's holy one.
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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