Isaiah 5:24

Therefore as stubble shall be burned by a coal of fire, and shall be consumed by a violent flame, their root shall be as chaff, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and insulted the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 ungodly for rewards, and take away the righteousness of the righteous.

25Therefore the Lord of hosts was greatly angered against his people, and he reached forth his hand upon them, and smote them: and the mountains were troubled, and their carcasses were as dung in the midst of the way: yet for all this his anger has not been turned away, but his hand is yet raised.

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Cross References

Exodus 5:12So the people were dispersed in all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw.

Deuteronomy 28:24The Lord thy God make the rain of thy land dust; and dust shall come down from heaven, until it shall have destroyed thee, and until it shall have quickly consumed thee.

1 Samuel 15:26And Samuel said to Saul, I will not turn back with thee, for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord will reject thee from being king over Israel.

2 Kings 17:14But they hearkened not, and made their neck harder than the neck of their fathers.

Job 8:17He lies down upon a gathering of stones, 1 And shall live in the midst of flints. 1

Psalms 50:17O Lord, thou shalt open my lips; 1 And my mouth shall declare thy praise. 1

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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