¹⁷Then shall the lambs graze sas in their pasture,

and tnomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.

¹⁸Woe to those who draw iniquity with ucords of falsehood,

who draw sin as with cart ropes,

¹⁹who say: v“Let him be quick,

let him speed his work

that we may see it;

let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,

and let it come, that we may know it!”

²⁰Woe to wthose who call evil good

and good evil,

xwho put darkness for light

and light for darkness,

who put bitter for sweet

and sweet for bitter!

²¹Woe to those who are ywise in their own eyes,

and shrewd in their own sight!

²²Woe to those who are zheroes at drinking wine,

and valiant men in mixing strong drink,

²³who aacquit the guilty for a bribe,

and deprive the innocent of his right!

²⁴Therefore, bas the tongue of fire devours the stubble,

and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,

so ctheir root will be das rottenness,

and their blossom go up like dust;

for they have erejected the law of the Lord of hosts,

and have fdespised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

²⁵Therefore gthe anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,

and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,

and hthe mountains quaked;

and their corpses were ias refuse

in the midst of the streets.

jFor all this his anger has not turned away,

and his hand is stretched out still.

²⁶He will kraise a signal for nations far away,

and lwhistle for them mfrom the ends of the earth;

and behold, quickly, speedily they come!

²⁷nNone is weary, none stumbles,

none slumbers or sleeps,

not a waistband is loose,

not a sandal strap broken;

²⁸otheir arrows are sharp,

all their bows bent,

their horses' hoofs seem like flint,

and their wheels plike the whirlwind.

²⁹Their roaring is like a lion,

like young lions they roar;

they growl and qseize their prey;

they carry it off, and none can rescue.

³⁰They will growl over it on that day,

like the growling of the sea.

And if one looks to the land,

behold, rdarkness and distress;

and the light is darkened by its clouds.