Isaiah 5:18 meaning and explanation

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

Isaiah 5:18, Berean Standard Bible

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Isaiah has just sung a parable of the vineyard, and now he pronounces a series of woes on Judah. Here the image is of people hauling sin behind them the way oxen drag a cart: the cords and ropes are the excuses and false reasonings by which they justify themselves.

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