Catholic Public Domain Version
"For you justify an impious man in exchange for bribes, and you carry away the justice of a just man from him. "
— Isaiah 5:23, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!”
“that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! ”
“who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!”
“They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.”
“That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.”
“Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.”
“Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!”
Woe to you who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe to you who are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own sight!
Woe to you who are powerful at drinking wine, who are strong men in contriving inebriation!
For you justify an impious man in exchange for bribes, and you carry away the justice of a just man from him.
Because of this, as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the heat of a flame burns it completely, so will their root become like glowing embers, and so will their offshoot ascend like dust. For they have cast aside the law of the Lord of hosts, and they have blasphemed the eloquence of the Holy One of Israel.
For this reason, the fury of the Lord has been enraged against his people, and he has extended his hand over them, and he has struck them. And the mountains were disturbed. And their carcasses became like dung in the midst of the streets. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.
And he will lift up a sign to nations far away, and he will whistle to them from the ends of the earth. And behold, they will rush forward speedily.