Isaiah 5:18 Cross References

Isaiah 5:18

18: Destruction is certain for those who drag their sins behind them, tied with cords of falsehood.

But now I see that the prophets of Jerusalem are even worse! They commit adultery, and they love dishonesty. They encourage those who are doing evil instead of turning them away from their sins. These prophets are as wicked as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah once were."

the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. And worse yet, my people like it that way! But what will you do when the end comes?

For the land is full of adultery, and it lies under a curse. The land itself is in mourning--its pastures are dried up. For the prophets do evil and abuse their power.

Then all the women present and all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to idols--a great crowd of all the Judeans living in Pathros, the southern region of Egypt--answered Jeremiah,
"We will not listen to your messages from the LORD!
We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and sacrifice to her just as much as we like--just as we and our ancestors did before us, and as our kings and princes have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!
But ever since we quit burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and stopped worshiping her, we have been in great trouble and have suffered the effects of war and famine."
"And," the women added, "do you suppose that we were worshiping the Queen of Heaven, pouring out drink offerings to her, and making cakes marked with her image, without our husbands knowing it and helping us? Of course not!"

Micah set up a shrine, and he made a sacred ephod and some household idols. Then he installed one of his sons as the priest.

For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing God a service.

They oppress your people, LORD, hurting those you love.
They kill widows and foreigners and murder orphans.
"The LORD isn't looking," they say, "and besides, the God of Israel doesn't care."
Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on?
Is the one who made your ears deaf? Is the one who formed your eyes blind?

Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, but the people believe your lies.
Therefore, the LORD says you must die. Your life will end this very year because you have rebelled against the LORD."

No one cares about being fair and honest. Their lawsuits are based on lies. They spend their time plotting evil deeds and then doing them.
They spend their time and energy spinning evil plans that end up in deadly actions.
They cheat and shortchange everyone. Nothing they do is productive; all their activity is filled with sin. Violence is their trademark.
Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder. They think only about sinning. Wherever they go, misery and destruction follow them.
They do not know what true peace is or what it means to be just and good. They continually do wrong, and those who follow them cannot experience a moment's peace.

"I will search with lanterns in Jerusalem's darkest corners to find and punish those who sit contented in their sins, indifferent to the LORD, thinking he will do nothing at all to them.

"I used to believe that I ought to do everything I could to oppose the followers of Jesus of Nazareth.

You boast that you have struck a bargain to avoid death and have made a deal to dodge the grave. You say, "The Assyrians can never touch us, for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception."

"These evil prophets deceive my people by saying, `All is peaceful!' when there is no peace at all! It's as if the people have built a flimsy wall, and these prophets are trying to hold it together by covering it with whitewash!
Tell these whitewashers that their wall will soon fall down. A heavy rainstorm will undermine it; great hailstones and mighty winds will knock it down.

Only fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; no one does good!

You have discouraged the righteous with your lies, when I didn't want them to suffer grief. And you have encouraged the wicked by promising them life, even though they continue in their sins.

Then Absalom turned to Ahithophel and asked him, "What should I do next?"
Ahithophel told him, "Go and sleep with your father's concubines, for he has left them here to keep the house. Then all Israel will know that you have insulted him beyond hope of reconciliation, and they will give you their support."
So they set up a tent on the palace roof where everyone could see it, and Absalom went into the tent to sleep with his father's concubines.
Absalom followed Ahithophel's advice, just as David had done. For every word Ahithophel spoke seemed as wise as though it had come directly from the mouth of God.

Can anyone hide from me? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?" asks the LORD.

Then why do these people keep going along their self-destructive path, refusing to turn back, even though I have warned them?
I listen to their conversations, and what do I hear? Is anyone sorry for sin? Does anyone say, "What a terrible thing I have done"? No! All are running down the path of sin as swiftly as a horse rushing into battle!
The stork knows the time of her migration, as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane. They all return at the proper time each year. But not my people! They do not know what the LORD requires of them.
" `How can you say, "We are wise because we have the law of the LORD," when your teachers have twisted it so badly?
These wise teachers will be shamed by exile for their sin, for they have rejected the word of the LORD. Are they so wise after all?

"I know the LORD will bless me now," Micah said, "because I have a Levite serving as my priest."

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