King James Version
Isaiah 5:18 in the King James Version says “Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:”
Isaiah 5:18 · KJV
But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. God: or, the holy God: Heb. the God the holy
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:
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!
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! call: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto them that draw”
H4900to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
“of vanity”
H7723evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object
“and sin”
H2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
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