In Isaiah, chapter five, verses eight through thirty-two, six woes that are statements of judgments pronounced upon six types of sins. Selfish greed in verse eight, “Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!” Second is drunken conduct from verses eleven to twelve, “Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! 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.”
The third is mockery at God’s power to judge their sin in verses eighteen through nineteen, “Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!” Distortion of God’s moral standards in verse twenty is the fourth. “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” The fifth one is arrogance and pride from verse twenty-one, “Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!”
The final one is perversion of justice in verses twenty-two through twenty-three, “Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!”