Isaiah 5:19
and who say: “Let him hurry, and let his work arrive soon, so that we may see it. And let the plan of the Holy One of Israel approach and arrive, so that we may know it.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18Woe to you who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and who draw sin as if with the rope of a cart,
Cross References
Isaiah 30:11Take me from the way. Avert me from the path. Let the Holy One of Israel cease from before our face.”
Jeremiah 5:12They have denied the Lord, and they have said, ‘It is not him,’ and, ‘Evil will not overwhelm us. We will not see famine and the sword.’
Jeremiah 23:18For who has been present in the counsel of the Lord, and who has seen and heard his word? Who has considered his word and heard it?
Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel? saying: ‘The days shall be extended in length, and every vision shall perish.’
Amos 5:18Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord. What is it to you? The day of the Lord is this: 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 →