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href="/bsb/isaiah/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/5.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them with ropes made of lies, who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, And sin as if with a cart rope;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to those who drag wrongdoing with the cords of deceit, And sin as if with cart ropes;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of worthlessness, And sin as if with cart ropes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Woe (judgment is coming) to those who drag along wickedness with cords of falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes [towing their own punishment];<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to those who drag iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to those who drag wickedness with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You are in for trouble! The lies you tell are like ropes by which you drag along sin and evil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />How horrible it will be for those who string people along with lies and empty promises, whose lives are sinful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You are doomed! You are unable to break free from your sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart-rope:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Woe [to] those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, "" And as [with] thick ropes of the cart—sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Woe to those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as with thick ropes of the cart -- sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Wo to those drawing iniquity with cords of evil, and sin as the cords of a wagon:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Woe to you who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and who draw sin as if with the rope of a cart,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Ah! Those who tug at guilt with cords of perversity, and at sin as if with cart ropes! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Ah, you who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood, who drag sin along as with cart ropes,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Woe to them that spin out their iniquities like a long rope, and their sins are like a bridle on the neck of a heifer;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Woe to those who pull out their sins like a long rope and their sin like the leather rein of an heifer!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, And sin as it were with a cart rope,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Woe <i>to them</i> that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/5-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=1043" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/5.htm">Woes to the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1945.htm" title="1945: hō·w (Interjection) -- Ah! alas! ha! A prolonged form of how; oh!">Woe</a> <a href="/hebrew/4900.htm" title="4900: mō·šə·ḵê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To draw, drag. A primitive root; to draw, used in a great variety of applications.">to those who draw</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: he·‘ā·wōn (Art:: N-cs) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/2256.htm" title="2256: bə·ḥaḇ·lê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin.">with cords</a> <a href="/hebrew/7723.htm" title="7723: haš·šāw (Art:: N-ms) -- Or shav; from the same as show' in the sense of desolating; evil, literally or morally; figuratively idolatry, uselessness.">of deceit</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭā·’āh (N-fs) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">and pull sin along</a> <a href="/hebrew/5699.htm" title="5699: hā·‘ă·ḡā·lāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A cart. From the same as agol; something revolving, i.e. A wheeled vehicle.">with cart</a> <a href="/hebrew/5688.htm" title="5688: wə·ḵa·‘ă·ḇō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-k:: N-csc) -- Cord, rope, cordage. Or rabowth; or tabothah; the same as aboth; something intwined, i.e. A string, wreath or foliage.">ropes,</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>to 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!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm">Proverbs 5:22</a></span><br />The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-1.htm">Jeremiah 17:1</a></span><br />“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a></span><br />The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a></span><br />But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-19.htm">2 Peter 2:19</a></span><br />They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-34.htm">John 8:34</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a></span><br />But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/7-14.htm">Psalm 7:14-16</a></span><br />Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood. / He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. / His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-8.htm">Hosea 4:8</a></span><br />They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1</a></span><br />Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32</a></span><br />Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-13.htm">2 Timothy 3:13</a></span><br />while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/15-25.htm">Job 15:25-26</a></span><br />For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty, / rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-14.htm">Ezekiel 23:14-16</a></span><br />But Oholibah carried her prostitution even further. She saw the men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans, engraved in vermilion, / wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads; all of them looked like officers of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth. / At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:</p><p class="hdg">draw</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-15.htm">Isaiah 28:15</a></b></br> Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell 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:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/17-5.htm">Judges 17:5,13</a></b></br> And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/16-20.htm">2 Samuel 16:20-23</a></b></br> Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/3-20.htm">Bands</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-7.htm">Cart</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-12.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-30.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm">Drag</a> <a href="/songs/1-4.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/psalms/10-9.htm">Drawing</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-8.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-13.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-3.htm">Pulling</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Rope</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-22.htm">Ropes</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-4.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-3.htm">Use</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-8.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-13.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-2.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/21-13.htm">Bands</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-27.htm">Cart</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm">Cords</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Drag</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">Draw</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-5.htm">Drawing</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Falsehood</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-7.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-5.htm">Pulling</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-33.htm">Rope</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-20.htm">Ropes</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-7.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-2.htm">Use</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Vanity</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Wickedness</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-29.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">His judgments upon covetousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Upon lasciviousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-13.htm">Upon impiety</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">And upon injustice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">The executioners of God's judgments</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The imagery of "drawing iniquity with cords of deceit" suggests a deliberate and persistent effort to engage in sinful behavior. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, cords and ropes were common tools for labor, symbolizing the intentional and laborious nature of their sin. The deceit mentioned here indicates a willful manipulation of truth, reminiscent of the serpent's deception in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>. This phrase warns against the entanglement in sin that is self-imposed and self-deceptive, echoing the themes of self-deception found in <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a>, where the heart is described as deceitful above all things.<p><b>and pull sin along with cart ropes</b><br>The use of "cart ropes" intensifies the imagery, suggesting a heavy burden of sin being dragged along. This reflects the idea that sin, once embraced, becomes a weighty and consuming force in one's life. In the historical context, carts were used for transporting goods, indicating that the people are not only engaging in sin but are also transporting it, spreading its influence. This can be connected to the New Testament teaching in <a href="/hebrews/12.htm">Hebrews 12:1</a>, which advises believers to lay aside every weight and sin that clings so closely. The phrase underscores the seriousness of sin and the effort required to maintain it, contrasting with the freedom offered through repentance and faith in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book bearing his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which Isaiah primarily addressed. The people of Judah were often rebuked for their idolatry and injustice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/iniquity_and_sin.htm">Iniquity and Sin</a></b><br>These terms refer to moral wrongdoing and rebellion against God's laws. In this context, they symbolize the people's persistent and deliberate sinfulness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/cords_of_deceit.htm">Cords of Deceit</a></b><br>A metaphor for the deceptive practices and lies that entangle people in sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/cart_ropes.htm">Cart Ropes</a></b><br>Symbolizes the heavy burden and deliberate effort to continue in sin, suggesting that the people are not only sinning but are doing so with great determination.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_deceptive_nature_of_sin.htm">The Deceptive Nature of Sin</a></b><br>Sin often begins subtly, with small deceptions that grow into larger entanglements. Believers must be vigilant against the initial cords of deceit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_burden_of_persistent_sin.htm">The Burden of Persistent Sin</a></b><br>Continuing in sin is like pulling a heavy load. It requires effort and leads to spiritual exhaustion. Christians are called to lay aside every weight and sin that entangles.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_willful_rebellion.htm">The Danger of Willful Rebellion</a></b><br>Deliberately choosing sin is a serious offense against God. Repentance and turning back to God are crucial to breaking free from the ropes of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_holiness.htm">The Call to Holiness</a></b><br>God calls His people to live holy lives, free from the bondage of sin. This requires daily surrender and reliance on the Holy Spirit.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Persistent sin leads to spiritual death and separation from God. Understanding the gravity of sin should motivate believers to seek God's forgiveness and grace.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">That draw iniquity with cords of vanity.</span>--The phrase is boldly figurative. Evil-doers are thought of as harnessing themselves as to the chariot of sin. The "cords of vanity"--i.e., of <span class= "ital">emptiness </span>or ungodliness--are the habits by which they are thus bound. The "cart ropes," thicker and stronger than the "cords," represent the extreme stage, when such habits become irresistibly dominant. Probably the words may point to some idolatrous procession, in which the chariot of Baal or Ashtaroth was thus drawn by their worshippers, like that of Demeter or Cybele in Greece, or Juggernath in India.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Woe unto them</span>, etc. We come here to <span class="accented">the third woe</span>, which is pronounced against those who openly pile up sin upon sin, and scoff at God. These men are represented as "drawing iniquity with cords of vanity," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> dragging after them a load of sin by cords that seem too weak; and then as "sinning with a cart-rope," which is a mere variant expression of the same idea. Mr. Cheyne quotes from the Rig-Veda, as a parallel metaphor, the phrase, "Undo the rope of sin." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/5-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Woe</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֛וֹי</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1945.htm">Strong's 1945: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ah! alas! ha!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to those who draw</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשְׁכֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šə·ḵê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4900.htm">Strong's 4900: </a> </span><span class="str2">To draw, drag</span><br /><br /><span class="word">iniquity</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶֽעָוֺ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ā·wōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with cords</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחַבְלֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥaḇ·lê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2256.htm">Strong's 2256: </a> </span><span class="str2">A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of deceit</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁ֑וְא</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7723.htm">Strong's 7723: </a> </span><span class="str2">Evil, idolatry, uselessness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and pull sin along</span><br /><span class="heb">חַטָּאָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaṭ·ṭā·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with cart</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֲגָלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ă·ḡā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5699.htm">Strong's 5699: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something revolving, a wheeled vehicle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ropes,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכַעֲב֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵa·‘ă·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5688.htm">Strong's 5688: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something intwined, a string, wreath, foliage</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/5-18.htm">Isaiah 5:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/5-18.htm">Isaiah 5:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/5-18.htm">Isaiah 5:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/5-18.htm">Isaiah 5:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/5-18.htm">Isaiah 5:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/5-18.htm">Isaiah 5:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/5-18.htm">Isaiah 5:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/5-18.htm">Isaiah 5:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/5-18.htm">Isaiah 5:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/5-18.htm">Isaiah 5:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 5:18 Woe to those who draw iniquity (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/5-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 5:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 5:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 5:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 5:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>