World English Bible
Isaiah 5:18
“Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;”
Verse in context — Isaiah 5
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but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
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Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
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Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;
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Who say, "Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!
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Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
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Prophecies of judgment and hope, pointing to the coming Messiah.
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