Isaiah 5:18 (WEB)
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,
Fathers and councils · 9
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.75Book II
“…“Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning that they may follow strong drink;” and, “Woe unto them that draw their sins after them as with a long rope;” and, “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;” and, “Woe unto those of you who are mighty to drink wine;” and innumerable other passages of the same…” — editor's note: Isa. v. 18.
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Justin Martyr
“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put light for darkness, and darkness for light; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!’” — editor's note: Isa. v. 18, 20.
Read the whole comment“And for all this they have not repented, but their hand is still high.’” — editor's note: Isa. v. 18–25.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For “they draw iniquity like a long rope,” and thus endeavour to entangle the holy, and sometimes are allowed so to do.” — editor's note: Isa. v. 18.
Read the whole comment“And Esaias saith openly, “Woe to them that draw sin like a long rope.”” — editor's note: Isa. v. 18.
Read the whole comment“Blessed therefore are they who in act and character sing the song of the steps [degrees]; and woe to those that draw sin, as it were a long rope.” — editor's note: Isa. v. 18
Read the whole comment“For indeed every man twists for himself a rope by his sins: “Woe to them who draw sins as a long rope?”” — editor's note: Isa. v. 18; LXX.
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Tertullian
“Such are they of whom Scripture makes mention: “Woe to them who bind their own sins as it were with a long rope.”” — editor's note: Isa. v. 18 (comp. the LXX.).
Read the whole comment“But, moreover, it is not merely that they are ruined, but they draw after them “a long rope of sins.”” — editor's note: See Isa. v. 18.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 17.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.75.
Cited together in On the Veiling of Virgins Chapter 14.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 17.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.75.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.75.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 17 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 133.