Isaiah 5:24

Therefore, as a tongue of fire devours stubble, || And flaming hay falls, || Their root is as muck, || And their flower goes up as dust. Because they have rejected the Law of YHWH of Hosts, || And despised the saying of the Holy One of Israel.

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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

23Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, || And the righteousness of the righteous || They turn aside from him.

25Therefore the anger of YHWH has burned among His people, || And He stretches out His hand against it, || And strikes it, and the mountains tremble, || And their carcass is as filth in the midst of the out-places. With all this His anger did not turn back, || And still His hand is stretched out!

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Cross References

Exodus 5:12And the people are scattered over all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw,

Deuteronomy 28:24YHWH gives dust and ashes [for] the rain of your land; it comes down on you from the heavens until you are destroyed.

1 Samuel 15:26And Samuel says to Saul, “I do not return with you; for you have rejected the word of YHWH, and YHWH rejects you from being king over Israel.”

2 Kings 17:14and they have not listened, and harden their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who did not remain steadfast in their God YHWH,

Job 8:17His roots are wrapped by a heap, || He looks for a house of stones.

Psalms 50:17Indeed, you have hated instruction, || And cast My words 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 →

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