Isaiah 5:19
who say, Let him hasten, let him speed 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!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!
Cross References
Isaiah 30:11get you 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 Jehovah, and say, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine;
Jeremiah 23:18For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, so that he hath perceived and heard his word? who hath hearkened to his word and listened?
Ezekiel 12:22Son of man, what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision faileth?
Amos 5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be 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 →