21 Woe to those who are (A)wise in their own eyes
And [a]clever in their own sight!

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  1. Isaiah 5:21 Lit discerning

18 To (A)Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, and its kings and its officials, to make them places of ruins, objects of horror, [a]hissing, and a curse, as it is this day; 19 To (B)Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his officials, and all his people; 20 and to all the (C)foreign [b]people, all the kings of the (D)land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the (E)Philistines (that is, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of (F)Ashdod); 21 To (G)Edom, (H)Moab, and the sons of (I)Ammon; 22 and to all the kings of (J)Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of (K)the coastlands which are beyond the sea; 23 and to (L)Dedan, Tema, (M)Buz, and all who (N)trim the corners of their hair; 24 and to all the kings of (O)Arabia and all the kings of the (P)foreign [c]people who live in the desert; 25 and to all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of (Q)Elam, and all the kings of (R)Media; 26 and to all the kings of the north, near and far, one with another; and (S)all the kingdoms of the earth which are on the face of the ground; and the king of [d](T)Sheshach shall drink it after them.

27 “And you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “(U)Drink, be drunk, vomit, fall down, and do not get up, because of the (V)sword which I am sending among you.”’

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  1. Jeremiah 25:18 Or whistling
  2. Jeremiah 25:20 Or mercenaries
  3. Jeremiah 25:24 Or mercenaries
  4. Jeremiah 25:26 Cryptic name for Babylon

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