Verse 18
Isaiah 5:18
Literal Standard Version
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
Now let me sing for my Beloved, || A song of my Beloved as to His vineyard: My beloved has a vineyar...
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2
And He fences it, and casts out its stones, || And plants it with a choice vine, || And builds a tow...
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3
And now, O inhabitant of Jerusalem and man of Judah, || Please judge between Me and My vineyard.
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4
What is there to do still to My vineyard, || That I have not done in it? For what reason have I wait...
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5
And now, pray, let Me cause you to know, || That which I am doing to My vineyard, || To turn its hed...
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6
And I make it a waste, || It is not pruned, nor arranged, || And brier and thorn have gone up, || An...
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7
Because the vineyard of YHWH of Hosts || Is the house of Israel, || And the man of Judah His pleasan...
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8
Woe to those joining house to house, || They bring field near to field, || Until there is no place,...
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9
Do many houses not become a desolation by the weapons of YHWH of Hosts? Great and good without inhab...
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10
For ten acres of vineyard yield one bath, || And a homer of seed yields an ephah.
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11
Woe to those rising early in the morning, || They pursue strong drink! Lingering in twilight, wine i...
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12
And harp, and stringed instrument, tambourine, and pipe, || And wine, have been their banquets, || A...
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13
Therefore my people removed without knowledge, || And its honorable ones are famished, || And its mu...
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14
Therefore Sheol has enlarged herself, || And has opened her mouth without limit. And its honor has g...
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15
And the low is bowed down, and the high humbled, || And the eyes of the haughty become low,
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16
And YHWH of Hosts is high in judgment, || And the Holy God (Elohim) sanctified in righteousness,
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17
And lambs have fed according to their leading, || And sojourners consume wastelands of the fat ones.
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18
Woe to those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, || And as with thick ropes of the cart—sin.
19
Who are saying, “Let Him hurry, || Let Him hurry His work, that we may see, || And let the counsel o...
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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 a...
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24
Therefore, as a tongue of fire devours stubble, || And flaming hay falls, || Their root is as muck,...
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25
Therefore the anger of YHWH has burned among His people, || And He stretches out His hand against it...
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26
And He lifted up an ensign to the far-off nations, || And hissed to it from the end of the earth, ||...
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27
There is none weary, nor stumbling in it, || It does not slumber, nor sleep, || Nor has the girdle o...
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28
Whose arrows are sharp, and all its bows bent, || Hooves of its horses have been reckoned as flint,...
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29
Its roaring is like a lioness, || It roars like young lions, || And it howls, and seizes prey, || An...
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30
And it howls against it in that day as the howling of a sea, || And it has looked attentively to the...
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