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Isa. 5:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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 are we at 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• ⁵{i}And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.{/i}
¹³{i}Then said Micah,{/i} Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. (Judg. 17:5,13)

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2 Sam. 16:20‑23• ²⁰{i}And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.{/i}
²¹{i}And 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.{/i}
²²{i}So they spread a tent for Absalom upon the roof; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.{/i}
²³{i}And 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.{/i} (2 Sam. 16:20‑23)

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Psa. 10:11• ¹¹He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten,{HR}He hath hidden his face;{HR}He will not see forever. (Psa. 10:11)

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Psa. 14:1• ¹To the chief musician, by David.{HR}The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.{HR}They have acted corruptly, they have acted abominably [in] work;{HR}There is none doing good. (Psa. 14:1)

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Psa. 36:2• ²For he hath flattered himself in his own eyes,{HR}Until that his iniquity is found out and hated. (Psa. 36:2)

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Psa. 94:5‑11• ⁵They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah,{HR}And afflict thine heritage.
⁶They slay the widow and the stranger,{HR}And murder the fatherless.
⁷And they say, Jah will not see,{HR}Nor will the God of Jacob consider.
⁸Consider, ye brutish among the people,{HR}And fools, when will ye be wise?
⁹He that planted the ear, shall he not hear?{HR}He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
¹⁰He that disciplineth the nations, shall he not correct—{HR}He that teacheth man knowledge?
¹¹Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man,{HR}That they [are] vanity. (Psa. 94:5‑11)

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Jer. 5:31• ³¹{i}the 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?{/i} (Jer. 5:31)

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Jer. 8:5‑9• ⁵{i}Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.{/i}
⁶{i}I 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.{/i}
⁷Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of Jehovah.
⁸{i}How 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.{/i}
⁹{i}The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them?{/i} (Jer. 8:5‑9)

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Jer. 23:10,14,24• ¹⁰{i}For 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.{/i}
¹⁴{i}And 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.{/i}
²⁴{i}Can 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.{/i} (Jer. 23:10,14,24)

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Jer. 28:15‑16• ¹⁵Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
¹⁶Therefore thus saith Jehovah; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against Jehovah. (Jer. 28:15‑16)

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Jer. 44:15‑19• ¹⁵Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, 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 whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven , and to pour out drink offerings unto 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: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
¹⁸But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
¹⁹And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? (Jer. 44:15‑19)

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Ezek. 13:10‑11,22• ¹⁰Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar:
¹¹say unto them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower: and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
²²Because ye sadden with falsehood the heart of the righteous whom I have not saddened, and strengthen the hands of the wicked that he should not return from his wicked way that I should 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 candles, {i}and punish the men that are settled on their lees, that{/i} 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 will put you out of the synagogue; nay, an hour is coming that everyone who hath killed you will think that he is offering service to God. (John 16:2)

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Acts 26:9• ⁹I therefore thought with myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene; (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

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

W. Kelly Translation

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