Isaiah 5:18

New English Translation

Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.

Cross References

Psalm 10:11

He says to himself, “God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”

Psalm 14:1

Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

Psalm 36:2

for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

Isaiah 28:15

For you say, “We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word.”

Jeremiah 23:10

For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered.

Jeremiah 23:14

But I see the prophets of Jerusalem doing something just as shocking. They are unfaithful to me and continually prophesy lies. So they give encouragement to people who are doing evil, with the result that they do not stop their evildoing. I consider all of them as bad as the people of Sodom, and the citizens of Jerusalem as bad as the people of Gomorrah.

Jeremiah 23:24

“Do you really think anyone can hide himself where I cannot see him?” the Lord asks. “Do you not know that I am everywhere?” the Lord asks.

Jeremiah 36:23

As soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll, the king would cut them off with a penknife and throw them on the fire in the firepot. He kept doing so until the whole scroll was burned up in the fire.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!

Ezekiel 13:22

This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life.

Zephaniah 1:12

At that time I will search through Jerusalem with lamps. I will punish the people who are entrenched in their sin, those who think to themselves, ‘The Lord neither rewards nor punishes.’

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

Acts 26:9

Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

Judges 17:13

Micah said, “Now I know God will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”

Judges 17:5

Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.