8 Wo unto them that join ^ahouse to house, till there can be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

  9 In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, and great and fair cities without inhabitant.

  10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one ^abath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.

  11 Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may ^afollow strong drink, that continue until night, and ^bwine inflame them!

  12 And the harp, and the ^aviol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine are in their feasts; but they ^bregard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.

  13 Therefore, my people are gone into ^acaptivity, because they have no ^bknowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

  14 Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

  15 And the mean man shall be ^abrought down, and the ^bmighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the ^clofty shall be humbled.

  16 But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in ^ajudgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

  17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the ^afat ones shall strangers eat.

  18 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of ^avanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope;

  19 That say: Let him ^amake speed, ^bhasten his work, that we may ^csee it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it.

  20 Wo unto them that ^acall ^bevil good, and good evil, that put ^cdarkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

  21 Wo unto the ^awise in their own eyes and ^bprudent in their own sight!

  22 Wo unto the mighty to drink ^awine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

  23 Who justify the wicked for ^areward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  24 Therefore, as the ^afire devoureth the ^bstubble, and the flame consumeth the ^cchaff, their ^droot shall be rottenness, and their blossoms shall go up as dust; because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts, and ^edespised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

  25 Therefore, is the ^aanger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.