Isaiah 5:19
who say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it. And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope,
Cross References
Isaiah 30:11You get out of the way. Turn aside out of the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Jeremiah 5:12They have denied LORD, and said, It is not he. Neither shall evil come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine.
Jeremiah 23:18For who has stood in the council of LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has marked my word, and heard it?
Ezekiel 12:22Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
Amos 5:18Woe to you who desire the day of LORD! Why would ye have the day of LORD? It is darkness, and not light.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:19-30
Denunciations against Sin. ( b. c. 758.) 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 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! 20 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! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in… Read the whole commentary →