Isaiah 5:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 5:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 5:18 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 5:18 — KJV
“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:”
— Isaiah 5:18 (KJV)
Isaiah 5:18 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 5:18
“His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. deceit: Heb. deceits vanity: or, iniquity”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 5:18: iniquity, vanity, sin
“Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 5:18: iniquity, sin
“And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 5:18: iniquity, sin
“And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 5:18: iniquity, sin
“And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 5:18: iniquity, sin
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