21 Woe, they that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

22 Woe, they that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to ’strong drink:

23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the justice of the just from him!

24 Therefore as the tongue of ﬁre devoureth the stubble, and the dry grass sinketh down in ﬂame, their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have rejected the law of the LORD of Hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched ’ his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were as refuse in the midst of the open places. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

18. ‘vanity,’ same word as ‘lies,’ lix. 4. Cf. Ex. xx. 7 ἐπὶ ματαίῳ).

27 None shall be weary, nor stumble among. them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

28 Whose arrows are sharpened, and all his bows bent, his ’ hoofs shall be counted like flint. and his wheels like. a whirlwind:

29 His roar is like a ’; he shall roar like young lions; and he growleth, and seizeth the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

30 And in that day he shall growl over him, as the growling of the sea; and if one look unto the earth, behold darkness, distress, and light; it groweth dark in the heavens thereof.