Isaiah 5:19

New International Reader's Version

How terrible for those who say, “Let God hurry up and do what he says he will. We want to see it happen. Let us see the plan of the Holy One of Israel. We want to know what it is.”

Cross References

Isaiah 30:11

Get out of our way! Get off our path! Keep the Holy One of Israel away from us!’ ”

Isaiah 66:5

Listen to the word of the Lord. Listen, you who tremble with fear when he speaks. He says, “Some of your own people hate you. They turn their backs on you because you are faithful to me. They make fun of you and say, ‘Let the Lord show his glory by saving you. Then we can see how happy you are.’ But they will be put to shame.

Jeremiah 17:15

They keep saying to me, “What has happened to the message the Lord gave you? Let it come true right now!”

Jeremiah 23:18

But which of them has ever stood in my courts? Have they been there to see a vision or hear my message? Who has listened and heard my message there?

Jeremiah 23:36

But you must not talk about ‘a message from the Lord’ again. That’s because each person’s own words become their message. And so you twist the Lord’s words. He is the living God. He is the Lord who rules over all. And he is our God.

Jeremiah 36:23

Jehudi read three or four sections from the scroll. Then the king cut them off with a secretary’s knife. He threw them into the fire pot. He did that until the entire scroll was burned up in the fire.

Ezekiel 12:22

“Son of man, you have a proverb in the land of Israel. It says, ‘The days go by, and not even one vision comes true.’

Ezekiel 12:27

“Son of man, the Israelites are saying, ‘The vision Ezekiel sees won’t come true for many years. He is prophesying about a time that is a long way off.’

Hosea 10:3

Then they’ll say, “We don’t have a king. That’s because we didn’t have any respect for the Lord. But suppose we did have a king. What could he do for us?”

Malachi 2:17

You have worn out the Lord by what you keep saying. “How have we worn him out?” you ask. You have done it by saying, “All those who do evil things are good in the Lord’s sight. And he is pleased with them.” Or you ask, “Is God really fair?”