Isaiah 5:24
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.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
23Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Cross References
Exodus 5:12So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble instead of straw.
Deuteronomy 28:24The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou art destroyed.
1 Samuel 15:26And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
2 Kings 17:14Notwithstanding, they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
Job 8:17His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
Psalms 50:17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
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 →