Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 5:18

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18. Third Woe —against obstinate perseverance in sin, as if they wished to provoke divine judgments. iniquity —guilt, incurring punishment [MAURER]. cords, c.—cart-rope—Rabbins say, "An evil inclination is at first like a fine hair-string, but the finishing like a cart-rope. " The antithesis is between the slender cords of sophistry, like the spider's web ( Isaiah 59:5 Job 8:14 ), with which one sin draws on another, until they at last bind themselves with great guilt as with a cart-rope. They strain every nerve in sin. vanity —wickedness. sin —substantive, not a verb: they draw on themselves "sin" and its penalty recklessly. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"

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