22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,
who are fearless at mixing beer,(A)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe(B)
and deprive the innocent of justice.

24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw
and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will become like something rotten
and their blossoms will blow away like dust,
for they have rejected(C)
the instruction of the Lord of Hosts,
and they have despised
the word of the Holy One of Israel.(D)

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