12. Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine; But they do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord, Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
13. Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge; And their honorable men are famished, And their multitude is parched with thirst.
14. Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure; And Jerusalem's splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it.
15. So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased, The eyes of the proud also will be abased.
16. But the Lord of hosts will be exalted in judgment, And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
17. Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat in the waste places of the wealthy.
18. Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes;
19. Who say, "Let Him make speed, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it; And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near And come to pass, that we may know it!"
20. Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes And clever in their own sight!
22. Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine And valiant men in mixing strong drink,