Isaiah 5:18
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood,and wickedness as with cart rope;
New Heart English 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
17Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
Cross References
Judges 17:5The man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
2 Samuel 16:20Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your counsel what we shall do."
Psalms 14:1For the Chief Musician. By David.The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God."They are corrupt.They have done abominable works.There is none who does good.
Psalms 94:5They break your people in pieces, Lord,and afflict your heritage.
Isaiah 28:15"Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol 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.'"
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?
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 →