Isaiah 5:19

That say: Let him make haste, and let his work come quickly, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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!

In Context

18Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart.

20Woe to you 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.

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Cross References

Isaiah 30:11Take away from me the way, turn away the path from me, let the Holy One of Israel cease from before us.

Jeremiah 5:12They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we shall not see the sword and famine.

Jeremiah 23:18For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath seen and heard his word? Who hath considered his word and heard it?

Ezekiel 12:22Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel? saying: The days shall be prolonged, and every vision shall fail.

Amos 5:18Woe to them that desire the day of the Lord: to what end is it for you? the day of the Lord 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 →

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