Isaiah 5:19
who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”
World English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,
Cross References
Isaiah 30:11Get out of the way. Turn away from the path. Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.”
Jeremiah 5:12They have denied the LORD, and said, “It is not he. Evil won’t come on us. We won’t see sword or famine.
Jeremiah 23:18For who has stood in the council of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has listened to my word, and heard it?
Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are prolonged, and every vision fails’?
Amos 5:18“Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? 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 →