15:7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for judgment, and behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
15:8 Wo unto them that join house to house, till there can be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
15:9 In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, and great and fair cities without inhabitant.
15:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.
15:11 Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, that continue until night, and wine inflame them!
15:12 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.
15:13 Therefore, my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
15:14 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.
15:15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
15:16 But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.