Isaiah 5:18

Woe to those who draw depravity (moral evil) with cords of falsehood, 2 and wickedness as with cart rope; 1

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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

17Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, 2 and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich. 1

19Who say, “Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; 2 and let the counsel of haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails] draw near and come, 2 that we may know it!” 1

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Cross References

Psalms 14:1The fool has said in his heart, “There is no Elohim ·Deity, Judge·.” 2 They are corrupt. 2 They have done abominable deeds. 2 There is no one who does good. 1

Psalms 94:5They break your people in pieces, Adonai, 2 and afflict your heritage. 1

Isaiah 28:15“Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· with death, and with Sheol ·Place of the dead· are we in agreement. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’”

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 →

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