Upside Down, Inside Out

FASCINATE MY SPIRIT #511
Title: "Upside Down, Inside Out"
Scripture: Isaia 5:8-20
Date: June 19, 2023

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Woe to the Wicked

Woe to those who join house to house,
Who add field to field,
Until there is no more room,
And you are made to dwell alone
In the midst of the land.

The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
“Surely many houses shall be desolate,
Large and beautiful houses, without inhabitants.

For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
And a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”

Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
That they may run after strong drink,
Who tarry late into the evening
As wine inflames them!

They have lyre and harp,
Tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
But they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
Or see the work of his hands.

Therefore my people go into exile
For lack of knowledge;
Their honored men go hungry,
And their multitude is parched with thirst.

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite
And opened its mouth beyond measure,
And the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down,
Her revelers and he who exults in her.

Man is humbled, and each one is brought low,
And the eyes of the haughty are brought low.
But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice,
And the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.

Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture,
And nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood,
Who draw sin as with cart ropes,

Who say: “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!”

Woe to those who call evil good
And good evil,
Who put darkness for light
And light for darkness,
Who put bitter for sweet
And sweet for bitter!

- Isaiah 5:8-20 (English Standard Version)

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