Holy Scripture
Isaiah 5:18
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 18, 19.) Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as if with a cart rope. Those who say: let his work speed up and come quickly, so that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel approach and come, so that we may know it. As for the cart rope, the Septuagint translated it…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
18Woe to them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer’s yoke:
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In context
16But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be glorified in righteousness.
17And they that were spoiled shall be fed as bulls, and lambs shall feed on the waste places of them that are taken away.
— Isaiah 5:18 —
19who say, Let him speedily hasten what he will do, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it.
20Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.