Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit
Woe is pronounced on those who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood.
This verse condemns deliberate attachment to sin.
8Woe to you who add house to house 9I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: 10For ten acres of vineyard 11Woe to those who rise early in the morning 12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, 13Therefore My people will go into exile 14Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat 15So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; 16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, 17Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, 18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit 19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work 20Woe to those who call evil good 21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes 22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine 23who acquit the guilty for a bribe 24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, 25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; 26He lifts a banner for the distant nations 27None of them grows weary or stumbles; 28Their arrows are sharpened, 29Their roaring is like that of a lion; 30In that day they will roar over it,