Isaiah 5:19

who say, Let him speedily hasten what he will do, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 to them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer’s yoke:

20Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.

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Cross References

Isaiah 30:11and turn us aside from this way; remove from us this path, and remove from us the oracle of Israel.

Jeremiah 5:12have lied to their Lord, and they have said, These things are not so; no evils shall come upon us; and we shall not see sword or famine.

Jeremiah 23:18For who has stood in the counsel of the Lord, and seen his word? who has hearkened, and heard?

Ezekiel 12:22Son of man, what is your parable on the land of Israel, that ye say, The days are long, the vision has perished?

Amos 5:18Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas 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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