18Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood,
            And sin as if with cart ropes;
      19Who say, “Let Him make speed, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it;
            And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near
            And come to pass, that we may know it!”
      20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
            Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
            Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
      21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
            And clever in their own sight!
      22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine
            And valiant men in mixing strong drink,
      23Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
            And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!
      24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble
            And dry grass collapses into the flame,
            So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust;
            For they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts
            And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.