Post by Lee on May 16, 2014 16:48:42 GMT
Isa 5:18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Isa 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
The figure is that of men dragging a loaded conveyance by means of ropes or harness. This is not a common mode of transit in Western lands, but it is common in the East. When men thus convey loaded carts, it is on business. The load in the figure is “iniquity” and “sin.” The harnessings are vanity (or vain or foolish ideas), yet put on with the strength of a cart rope. The general picture is that of men following sin as their avocation, with talent and vigour, and whose only response to the expostulations of righteousness is insulting satire. “We will believe when we see.” “When the judgment comes, we may get out of the way: when the Kingdom comes, perhaps we may manage to tip the doorkeeper.”
Robert Roberts, & Walker, C. C. (1907). The Ministry of the Prophets: Isaiah (76). The Publishing Commitee, Christadelphian Old Paths Ecclesia.
Isa 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
The figure is that of men dragging a loaded conveyance by means of ropes or harness. This is not a common mode of transit in Western lands, but it is common in the East. When men thus convey loaded carts, it is on business. The load in the figure is “iniquity” and “sin.” The harnessings are vanity (or vain or foolish ideas), yet put on with the strength of a cart rope. The general picture is that of men following sin as their avocation, with talent and vigour, and whose only response to the expostulations of righteousness is insulting satire. “We will believe when we see.” “When the judgment comes, we may get out of the way: when the Kingdom comes, perhaps we may manage to tip the doorkeeper.”
Robert Roberts, & Walker, C. C. (1907). The Ministry of the Prophets: Isaiah (76). The Publishing Commitee, Christadelphian Old Paths Ecclesia.