Into the Fire

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, as tongues of fire lick up straw
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay
    and their flowers blow away like dust;
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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.

Isaiah 5:20-25 (NIV)