Isaiah 5:18 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 5:18

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

BSB

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ASV

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;

KJV

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 18, 19.) Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as if with a cart rope. Those who say: let his work speed up and come quickly, so that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel approach and come, so that we may know it. As for the cart rope, the Septuagint translated it as a strap of the yoke of a heifer or a cow. And it is more commonly read that the ropes are called sins.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

For the righteous Lord will cut in sunder the cords of the wicked, Ps. cxxix. They are by long custom and confirmed habits so hardened in sin that they cannot get clear of it. Those that sin through infirmity are drawn away by sin; those that sin presumptuously draw iniquity to them, in spite of the oppositions of Providence and the checks of conscience.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

With a cart-rope “As a long cable” - The Septuagint, Aquila, Sym., and Theod., for בחבלי bechabley, read כחבלי kechahley, ὡς σχοινιῳ, or σχοινιοις; and the Septuagint, instead of שוא shau, read some other word signifying long; ὡς σχοινιῳ μακρῳ; and so likewise the Syriac, אריכא arecha. Houbigant conjectures that the word which the Septuagint had in their copies was שרוע sarua, which is used Lev 21:18, Lev 22:23, for something in an animal body superfluous, lengthened beyond its natural measure.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ה֛וֹי	Ho	woe to!	H1945 →
מֹשְׁכֵ֥י	mo.she.Khei	[those who] draw along	H4900 →
הֶֽעָוֹ֖ן	he.'a.Von	<of the> iniquity	H5771 →
בְּחַבְלֵ֣י	be.chav.Lei	with [the] cords of	H2256 →
הַשָּׁ֑וְא	ha.Shav'	<the> emptiness	H7723 →
וְכַעֲב֥וֹת	ve.kha.'a.Vot	and like [the] rope of	H5688 →
הָעֲגָלָ֖ה	ha.'a.ga.Lah	<the> cart	H5699 →
חַטָּאָֽה׃	cha.ta.'Ah	sin	H2403 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
leads to
- Ezekiel 13:6
  They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
- Jeremiah 14:14
  “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination,…
- Micah 2:11
  If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
Through
Ezekiel 13:22
Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their…
leads to
- Jeremiah 23:14
  And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness.…
Through
Jeremiah 23:10
For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.
leads to
- Hosea 4:2–3
  Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- Psalms 107:34
  and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
Through
Psalms 36:2
For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 29:19
  because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This…
Through
Jeremiah 23:14
And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness.…
leads to
- Jeremiah 29:23
  For they have committed an outrage in Israel by committing adultery with the wives of their neighbors and speaking lies in My name, which I did not command them to do. I am He…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah