Isaiah 5:24

Therefore as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the dry grass goes down in flame, 1 so their root will rot, and their blossom will blow away like dust. 1 This will happen because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts, and because they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 1

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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 acquit the wicked for payment, and deprive the innocent of his rights! 1

25Therefore the anger of Yahweh is kindled against his people. He has reached out with his hand against them and has punished them. 1 The mountains tremble, and their corpses are like garbage in the streets. 1 In all these things, his anger does not subside; instead, his hand is still stretched out. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 5:12So the people scattered throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.

Deuteronomy 28:24Yahweh will make the rain of your land into powder and dust; from the heavens will it come down on you, until you are destroyed.

1 Samuel 15:26Samuel said to Saul, “I will not go back with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

2 Kings 17:14But they would not listen; instead they were very stubborn like their fathers who did not trust in Yahweh their God.

Job 8:17His roots are wrapped about the heaps of stone; 1 they look for good places among the rocks. 1

Psalms 50:17since you hate instruction 1 and throw my words away? 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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