Verse 18
Isaiah 5:18
Young's Literal Translation
18
Woe [to] those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as [with] thick ropes of the cart -- sin.
Original Language Text
hebrew
ה֛וֹי מֹשְׁכֵ֥י הֶֽ/עָוֺ֖ן בְּ/חַבְלֵ֣י הַ/שָּׁ֑וְא וְ/כַ/עֲב֥וֹת הָ/עֲגָלָ֖ה חַטָּאָֽה
English Translation
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood and sin as with cart ropes.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Let me sing, I pray you, for my beloved, A song of my beloved as to his vineyard: My beloved hath a...
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And he fenceth it, and casteth out its stones, And planteth it [with] a choice vine, And buildeth a...
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And now, O inhabitant of Jerusalem, and man of Judah, Judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
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4
What -- to do still to my vineyard, That I have not done in it! Wherefore, I waited to the yielding...
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And now, pray, let me cause you to know, That which I am doing to my vineyard, To turn aside its hed...
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And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the...
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7
Because the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts [Is] the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant...
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8
Woe [to] those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And y...
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9
By the weapons of Jehovah of Hosts Do not many houses a desolation become? Great and good without in...
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10
For ten acres of vineyard do yield one bath, And an homer of seed yieldeth an ephah.
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11
Woe [to] those rising early in the morning, Strong drink they pursue! Tarrying in twilight, wine inf...
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12
And harp, and psaltery, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have been their banquets, And the work of Jehova...
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13
Therefore my people removed without knowledge, And its honourable ones are famished, And its multitu...
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14
Therefore hath Sheol enlarged herself, And hath opened her mouth without limit. And gone down hath i...
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15
And bowed down is the low, and humbled the high, And the eyes of the haughty become low,
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16
And Jehovah of Hosts is high in judgment, And the Holy God (Elohim) sanctified in righteousness,
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17
And fed have lambs according to their leading, And waste places of the fat ones Do sojourners consum...
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18
Woe [to] those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as [with] thick ropes of the cart -- s...
19
Who are saying, 'Let Him hurry, Let Him hasten His work, that we may see, And let the counsel of the...
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20
Woe [to] those saying to evil 'good,' And to good 'evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for...
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21
Woe [to] the wise in their own eyes, And -- before their own faces -- intelligent!
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22
Woe [to] the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.
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23
Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside f...
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24
Therefore, as a tongue of fire devoureth stubble, And flaming hay falleth, Their root is as muck, An...
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25
Therefore hath the anger of Jehovah burned among His people, And He stretcheth out His hand against...
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26
And He lifted up an ensign to nations afar off, And hissed to it from the end of the earth, And lo,...
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27
There is none weary, nor stumbling in it, It doth not slumber, nor sleep, Nor opened hath been the g...
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28
Whose arrows [are] sharp, and all its bows bent, Hoofs of its horses as flint have been reckoned, An...
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Its roaring [is] like a lioness, It roareth like young lions, And it howleth, and seizeth prey, And...
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And it howleth against it in that day as the howling of a sea, And it hath looked attentively to the...
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