Isaiah 5:18

iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah. App-44.

cords, &c. Which draw on sin by the load.

cart rope. Implies sin by the cart-load.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wo unto them ... - This is a new denunciation. It introduces another form of sin, and threatens its appropriate punishment. That draw iniquity...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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The people have chained themselves to sin like beasts of burden.
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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹⁸ Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 5:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 5:18