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¹⁶But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
¹⁷Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
¹⁸Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
¹⁹That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
²⁰Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
²¹Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
²²Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
²³Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
²⁴Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
²⁵Therefore is the anger 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 carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.