Isaiah 5:20-30

New International Version

²⁰ Woe^(A) to those who call evil good^(B)
    and good evil,^(C)
who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,^(D)
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter.^(E)

²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes^(F)
    and clever in their own sight.

²² Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine^(G)
    and champions at mixing drinks,^(H)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,^(I)
    but deny justice^(J) to the innocent.^(K)
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire^(L) lick up straw^(M)
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay^(N)
    and their flowers blow away like dust;^(O)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word^(P) of the Holy One^(Q) of Israel.
²⁵ Therefore the Lord’s anger^(R) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,^(S)
    and the dead bodies^(T) are like refuse^(U) in the streets.^(V)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,^(W)
    his hand is still upraised.^(X)

²⁶ He lifts up a banner^(Y) for the distant nations,
    he whistles^(Z) for those at the ends of the earth.^(AA)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!
²⁷ Not one of them grows tired^(AB) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt^(AC) is loosened at the waist,^(AD)
    not a sandal strap is broken.^(AE)
28 Their arrows are sharp,^(AF)
    all their bows^(AG) are strung;
their horses’ hooves^(AH) seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.^(AI)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,^(AJ)
    they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize^(AK) their prey
    and carry it off with no one to rescue.^(AL)
30 In that day^(AM) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.^(AN)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness^(AO) and distress;^(AP)
    even the sun will be darkened^(AQ) by clouds.