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Isa. 5:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Isa. 28:15• ¹⁵For ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol have we made an agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves. (Isa. 28:15)

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Judg. 17:5,13• ⁵And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
¹³Then said Micah, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, because I have the Levite for priest. (Judg. 17:5,13)

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2 Sam. 16:20‑23• ²⁰And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
²¹And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to thy father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art become odious with thy father; and the hands of all that are with thee shall be strong.
²²So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
²³And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had inquired of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. (2 Sam. 16:20‑23)

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Psa. 10:11• ¹¹He saith in his heart, *God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it. (Psa. 10:11)

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Psa. 14:1• ¹To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good. (Psa. 14:1)

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Psa. 36:2• ²For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, even when his iniquity is found to be hateful. (Psa. 36:2)

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Psa. 94:5‑11• ⁵They crush thy people, O Jehovah, and afflict thine inheritance;
⁶They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless,
⁷And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it.
⁸Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
⁹He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
¹⁰He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct--he that teacheth man knowledge?
¹¹Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. (Psa. 94:5‑11)

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Jer. 5:31• ³¹the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof? (Jer. 5:31)

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Jer. 8:5‑9• ⁵Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
⁶I hearkened and heard: they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth to his course, like a horse rushing into the battle.
⁷Even a stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of Jehovah.
⁸How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.
⁹The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them? (Jer. 8:5‑9)

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Jer. 23:10,14,24• ¹⁰For the land is full of adulterers; for because of execration the land mourneth. The pastures of the wilderness are dried up; for their course is evil, and their force is not right.
¹⁴And in the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood, and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none doth return from his wickedness. They are all become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
²⁴Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? saith Jehovah. (Jer. 23:10,14,24)

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Jer. 28:15‑16• ¹⁵And the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah hath not sent thee; and thou makest this people to trust in falsehood.
¹⁶Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, for thou hast spoken revolt against Jehovah. (Jer. 28:15‑16)

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Jer. 44:15‑19• ¹⁵Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assemblage, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
¹⁶As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah, we will not hearken unto thee,
¹⁷but we will certainly do every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and we had plenty of bread, and were well, and saw no evil.
¹⁸But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted everything, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
¹⁹And when we burned incense to the queen of the heavens and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we make for her cakes to portray her, and pour out drink-offerings to her, without our husbands? (Jer. 44:15‑19)

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Ezek. 13:10‑11,22• ¹⁰Because, yea because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace! and there is no peace; and one buildeth up a wall, and lo, they daub it with untempered mortar--
¹¹say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing rain, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall burst forth.
²²Because with falsehood ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and have strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, to save his life: (Ezek. 13:10‑11,22)

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Zeph. 1:12• ¹²And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and punish the men that are settled on their lees, that say in their heart, Jehovah will not do good, neither will he do evil. (Zeph. 1:12)

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John 16:2• ²They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service to God; (John 16:2)

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Acts 26:9• ⁹*I* indeed myself thought that I ought to do much against the name of Jesus the Nazaraean. (Acts 26:9)

• {v.18-19} The third woe (verse 18) is uttered against those who sin openly, violently, in defiance of God. (“Isaiah 5” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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