Isaiah 5:24

For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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In The King James Version

Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

In Context

23Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

25For this reason the wrath of the Lord has been burning against his people, and his hand has been stretched out against them in punishment, and the hills were shaking, and their dead bodies were like waste in the open places of the town.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:12So the people were sent in all directions through the land of Egypt to get dry grass for stems.

Deuteronomy 28:24The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust, sending it down on you from heaven till your destruction is complete.

1 Samuel 15:26And Samuel said to Saul, I will not go back with you: for you have put away from you the word of the Lord, and the Lord has put you from your place as king over Israel.

2 Kings 17:14And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked, like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.

Job 8:17His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them.

Psalms 50:17Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.

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 →

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