Isaiah 5:20

"who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”"

Key Reflection

These words reveal a desire for immediate answers and signs without genuine faith or patience. The speakers demand to see God’s actions hurriedly, showing a lack of trust in his timing and sovereignty, which contrasts sharply with the patient expectation required of true believers.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Wo unto them that call evil good ... -This is the fourth class of sins denounced. The sin which is reprobated here is that of “perverting and confounding” things, especially the distinctions of morality and religion. They prefer erroneous and fake doctrines to the true; they prefer an evil to an upright course of conduct. The Chaldee renders this, ‘Wo to those who say to the impious, who are prospered in this age, You are good; and who say to the meek, Ye are impious.’ Jarchi thinks that the prophet here refers to those who worship idols, but he evidently has a more general reference to those who confound all the distinctions of right and wrong, and who prefer the wrong.

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