King James Version
"Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:"
— Isaiah 5:18, King James Version
“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope; ”
“Beware, those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.”
“Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart.”
“Cursed are those who make use of ox-cords for pulling the evil thing, and the bands of a young ox for their sin!”
“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:”
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
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!
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!