Therefore my people will go into exile for lack of understanding

Isaiah 5:8-30

Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.

The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing: “Surely the great houses will become desolate, the fine mansions left without occupants. A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath of wine; a homer of seed will yield only an ephah of grain.”

Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine.

Therefore my people will go into exile for lack of understanding; those of high rank will die of hunger and the common people will be parched with thirst.

But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts. Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture; lambs will feed[d] among the ruins of the rich.

Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,

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.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks, who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.

Therefore the Lord’s anger burns against his people; his hand is raised and he strikes them down. The mountains shake, and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets.

Why?

Woe to the evil doers, the judgment of the Lord will come upon them.

People pursue wealth, land, and drink all day, their destinations are sad, and will go into exile for lack of understanding.

The Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts. Our God is a living Lord, who takes care of all of us and has mercy for us.

Love and righteousness are existing together, Love without righteousness is not true love.

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講六禍：1)種東西損失百倍，2)對將來的事不留意、不在乎，最後落在陰間。3)把罪惡綁在身上，4)不相信先知預言，想看先知出糗！5)顛倒是非的人！6)官大學問大及學者高傲，收賄賂不公義的人。

聖經不是在使人受禍而是給我們提醒！求主幫助我們！

How?

Praise the Lord for his love and righteousness endure forever! Be understanding and don't be a fool!