Isaiah 5:19
You 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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Isaiah 30:11Stop telling us straight; go a different direction! We don't want to hear any more about the Holy One of Israel.”
Jeremiah 5:12They have lied about the Lord, saying, “He won't do anything. Nothing bad will happen to us. We won't have war or famine.
Jeremiah 23:18But who of them has attended the Lord's council to hear and understand what he's saying? Who has paid attention to his instructions and followed them?
Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what's this proverb you people have in the land of Israel: ‘Time goes by, and no vision comes true’?
Amos 5:18How disastrous it will be for those of you who long for the day of the Lord. Why would you want the day of the Lord to come? It will bring darkness, 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 →