Isaiah 5:18
16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
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!
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
- KJV
- Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
- WEB
- Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,
- ASV
- Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
- DARBY
- Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!
- BLB
- Woe [to] those drawing out iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin with a rope of the cart,
- ÅB
- Ve dem som drar på misgjerningen med løgnens tauger og på synden som med vognrep,
- OTB
- Ve dem som drar synd med løgnens snorer, og ondskap som med vognrep,
- B1930
- Ve dem som drar på misgjerningen med løgnens tauger og på synden som med vognrep,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 23:14
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Read in contextPsalms 36:2
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Read in contextJeremiah 23:10
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
Read in contextEzekiel 13:22
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
Read in contextJudges 17:5
And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Read in contextJeremiah 28:15–16
Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
Read in contextPsalms 10:11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
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