Isaiah 5:18

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Look at those people! They pull their guilt and sins behind them like people pulling wagons with ropes.

Cross References

Jeremiah 23:14

I have even seen the prophets of Jerusalem doing sinful things. They are committing adultery and living a life of lies. They support their fellow prophets and never stop doing evil. They have become like Sodom; they are all like Gomorrah.”

Ezekiel 13:22

“‘You prophets tell lies. Your lies hurt good people—I did not want to hurt them! You support the wicked and encourage them. You don’t tell them to change their lives. You don’t try to save their lives!

Jeremiah 23:10

The land of Judah is full of people who commit adultery. They are unfaithful in many ways. So God cursed the land, and it became very dry. The plants are dried and dying in the pastures. The fields have become like the desert. The prophets are evil. They use their influence and power in the wrong way.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets tell lies. The priests will not do what they were chosen to do, and my people love it this way! But what will you people do when your punishment comes?

Psalm 36:2

They lie to themselves. They don’t see their own faults, so they are not sorry for what they do.

Acts 26:9

“I used to think that I should do everything I could against Jesus from Nazareth.

John 16:2

People will tell you to leave their synagogues and never come back. In fact, the time will come when they will think that killing you would be doing service for God.

Zephaniah 1:12

“At that time I will take a lamp and search through Jerusalem. I will find all those who are satisfied to live their own way. They say, ‘The Lord does nothing. He does not help, and he does not hurt!’ I will find them, and I will punish them.

Jeremiah 23:24

Someone might try to hide from me in some hiding place. But it is easy for me to see that person, says the Lord, because I am everywhere in heaven and earth.” This message is from the Lord:

Isaiah 28:15

You have said, “We have made an agreement with death. We have a contract with death. So we will not be punished. Punishment will pass us without hurting us. We will hide behind our tricks and lies.”

Psalm 14:1

Only fools think there is no God. People like that are evil and do terrible things. They never do what is right.

Psalm 10:11

They say to themselves, “God has forgotten about us. He is not watching. He will never see what we are doing.”

Judges 17:13

And Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me. I know this because I have a man from the tribe of Levi to be my priest.”

Judges 17:5

Micah had a temple for worshiping idols. He made an ephod and some house idols. Then Micah chose one of his sons to be his priest.

Jeremiah 36:23

Jehudi began to read from the scroll. But after he would read two or three columns, King Jehoiakim would grab the scroll. Then he would cut those columns off the scroll with a small knife and throw them into the fireplace. Finally, the whole scroll was burned in the fire.

Proverbs 4:17

Evil and violence are their food and drink.