Isaiah 5:18 “Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along…”

Isaiah 5:18

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Woe vnto them, that draw iniquitie with cordes of vanitie, and sinne, as with cart ropes:

Darby Translation

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!

Young's Literal Translation

Woe [to] those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as [with] thick ropes of the cart — sin.

Bible in Basic English

Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!

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Cross references

“draw”

Jeremiah 23:14 Psalm 36:2 Jeremiah 5:31 Jeremiah 23:10 Ezekiel 13:22 Isaiah 28:15

Jeremiah 23:14 · BSB

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. They are all like Sodom to Me;…

Psalm 36:2 · BSB

For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.

Jeremiah 5:31 · BSB

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?

Jeremiah 23:10 · BSB

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.

Ezekiel 13:22 · BSB

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 lives,

Isaiah 28:15 · BSB

For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hidi…

Also

Isaiah 59:4–8

Isaiah 59:4–8 · BSB

No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

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