Isaiah 5:18
Hoy unto them that draw avon (guilt) with cords of deceit, 1 and tug at chatta'ah (sin) as with a cart rope; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
In Context
Cross References
Judges 17:5And the ish Michah had a bais elohim, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and ordained one of his banim, who became his kohen.
2 Samuel 16:20Then said Avshalom to Achitophel, Give etza (counsel, advice, wisdom) among you what we shall do.
Psalms 14:1(For the one directing. Of Dovid) 1 They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, 1 ein oseh tov (there is none that doeth good). 1
Psalms 94:5They crush Thy people, Hashem, 1 and afflict Thine nachalah. 1
Isaiah 28:15Because ye have said, 1 We have cut a brit with mavet, 1 and with Sheol are we in agreement; 1 when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, 1 it shall not come unto us; 1 for we have made kazav our refuge, 1 and under sheker have we hid ourselves; 1
Jeremiah 5:31The nevi'im prophesy falsely, 1 and the kohanim rule at their direction; 1 and My people love to have it this way; 1 but what will ye do in the end?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:9-18
Worldly-Mindedness Reproved; The Punishment of the Sensual. ( b. c. 758.) 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow… Read the whole commentary →