Isaiah 5:19
That say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it: and let draw nigh and come the counsel of the Holy One of Israel, that we may know it!
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
18Woe unto those that draw iniquity with the cords of falsehood, and as with a wagon-rope, sinfulness;
Cross References
Isaiah 30:11Depart you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, remove from before us the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 5:12They have denied the Lord, and said, “He existeth not; nor will evil come over us; and the sword and famine shall we not see.
Jeremiah 23:18For who hath stood in the secret counsel of the Lord, that he could perceive and hear his word? who hath listened to his word and heard it?
Ezekiel 12:22Son of man, what sort of proverb is that which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are lasting long, and lost is every vision?
Amos 5:18Woe unto you that long for the day of the Lord! for what do you wish the day of the Lord? it is [one of] darkness, and not of 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 →