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13 This is why my people go into captivity—lack of knowledge.
Their dignitaries starve to death,
and the whole crowd is parched with thirst.
14 That is why the grave has increased its appetite,
and its mouth is wide open.
Their[a] splendor and their noisy crowds, their loud revelry,
    and their celebration will go down into the grave.
15 So mankind is humbled,
man is brought low,
and the eyes of the arrogant are brought low,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:14 Literally her, referring to Jerusalem