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Woe to the Self-Appointed Wise
Isaiah 5:21
Showing verse 21 with surrounding context.
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Woe to those who begin by pulling at transgression with a thread, but end by dragging sin along as if with a cart rope.
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They say, "We want God to speed up his work, to hurry it along, so we can see it! We want the Holy One of Isra'el's plan to come true right now, so we can be sure of it!"
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Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who change darkness into light and light into darkness, who change bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter!
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Woe to those seeing themselves as wise, esteeming themselves as clever.
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Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, men whose power goes to mixing strong drinks,
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who acquit the guilty for bribes but deny justice to the righteous!
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Therefore, as fire licks up the stubble, and the chaff is consumed in the flame; so their root will rot, and their flowers scatter like dust; because they have rejected the Torah of ADONAI-Tzva'ot, they have despised the word of the Holy One of Isra'el.
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