Isaiah 5:24

Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and dry hay sinketh before the flame: so shall their root be as rotten things, and their blossom shall fly up as the dust; because they have despised the law of the Lord of hosts, and the word of the Holy One of Israel they have rejected.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

In Context

23Who justify the wicked in lieu of a bribe, and who deprive the righteous of their right!

25For this cause is kindled the anger of the Lord against his people, and he stretcheth forth his hand against them, and he smiteth them; and the mountains tremble, and their carcasses lie like sweepings in the midst of the streets: with all this his anger is not turned away, but still is his hand stretched out.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:12And the people scattered themselves abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

Deuteronomy 28:24The Lord will give as the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

1 Samuel 15:26And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee; for thou didst despise the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath despised thee, that thou shalt not be king over Israel.

2 Kings 17:14But they would not hear, and hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who had not believed in the Lord their God;

Job 8:17His roots are twisted about a stoneheap, he selecteth [for himself] a place of stones.

Psalms 50:17And yet thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

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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