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The Book of Isaiah, Chapter 5, Verse 13

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And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
King James Version
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because [they have] no knowledge: and their honourable men [are] famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
American Standard Version
Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
New English Translation
Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink.
World English Bible
Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.
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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.
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And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
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But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
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Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
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Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
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That 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]!
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Woe 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!
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Woe unto [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
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Woe unto [them that are] mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
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Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!