Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of LORD of hosts, an
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23who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him!
Cross References
Exodus 5:12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
Deuteronomy 28:24LORD will make the rain of thy land powder and dust. From the sky it shall come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
1 Samuel 15:26And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with thee, for thou have rejected the word of LORD, and LORD has rejected thee from being king over Israel.
2 Kings 17:14Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but stiffened their neck, like the neck of their fathers who did not believed in LORD their God.
Job 8:17His roots are wrapped around the [stone] heap. He beholds the place of stones.
Psalms 50:17since thou hate instruction, and cast my words behind thee?
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 →