Isaiah 5:24
In the same way fire burns up stubble and dry grass falls down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers disintegrate into dust. For they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty, and have treated with contempt what the Holy One of Israel has said.
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In Context
23you who set the guilty free for a bribe, and yet deny justice to the innocent.
Cross References
Exodus 5:12So the people went all over Egypt collecting stubble for straw.
Deuteronomy 28:24The Lord will change the rain of your land into dust and sand; it will fall from the sky on you until you're destroyed.
1 Samuel 15:26But Samuel told him, “I'm not going back with you. You have rejected the Lord's orders, and the Lord has rejected you as king of Israel!”
2 Kings 17:14But they refused to listen, and they were as stubborn as their forefathers who did not trust the Lord their God.
Job 8:17It twists its roots down through the stones, and holds on to rock.
Psalms 50:17You hate my discipline, and you toss my words away, leaving them behind you.
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 →