Woe unto them ... - This is a new denunciation. It introduces another form of sin and threatens its appropriate punishment.

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That draw iniquity with cords of vanity. —The phrase is boldly figurative. Evil-doers are thought of as harnessing themse…

"Woe unto them." When we encounter a woe in this Book of Blessings, it is sent as a warning, so that we may escape from woe. God's woes ar…

Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity! After inserting a short consolation to lessen the bitterness of punishments concernin…

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity ,
&c.] The prophet returns to the wicked again, and goes on wi…

Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. It is not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purch…

1. Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenne . Here he denounces their fault regarding the abuse of f…