Isaiah 5:19

That say: 'Let Him make speed, let Him 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!'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that change darkness into light, and light into darkness; that change bitter into sweet, and sweet into bitter!

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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 belied the LORD, and said: 'It is not He, neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine;

Jeremiah 23:18For who hath stood in the council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear His word? Who hath attended to His word, and heard it?

Ezekiel 12:22'Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying: The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

Amos 5:18Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! Wherefore would ye have the day of the LORD? It 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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