Isaiah 5:18

Tragedy is coming to you who drag along your sins behind you with cords made of lies, pulling with ropes your cartful of wickedness.

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In The King James Version

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

In Context

17Lambs will graze as in their own pasture; fattened livestock and goats will feed among the ruins of the rich.

19You are among the people who say, “God should hurry up! Why doesn't God get a move on with what he's doing so we can see it? Why doesn't the Holy One of Israel execute his plan? Let's see it happen so we can understand what it is!”

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Cross References

Judges 17:5Micah had built a shrine for the idol. He also made an ephod and some household gods, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.

2 Samuel 16:20Then Absalom asked Ahithophel, “Give me your advice. What shall we do?”

Psalms 14:1Only fools tell themselves, “God doesn't exist.” They are completely immoral; they commit terrible sins; not a single one of them does anything good.

Psalms 94:5Lord, they crush your people; they oppress those you call your own.

Isaiah 28:15You claim, “We've made an agreement with death; we've got a contract with the grave. When the terrible disaster rushes by, it won't affect us, because our lies protect us and we hide in our own deceptions.”

Jeremiah 5:31The prophets give false prophecies; the priests rule as they please. My people love it like this, but what will you do when it all falls apart?

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:9-18

Worldly-Mindedness Reproved; The Punishment of the Sensual. ( b. c. 758.) 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow… Read the whole commentary →

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