...CAT Israelites used carts in the removal of agricultural produce. The term cartrope is used in Isai. v. 18 : " Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart-rope." The meaning is, that the persons described were not satisfied with ordinary...

...what it was that the translators meant to say.* To one who can readily * Take an instance from Isai. v. 18. "Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart- rope." Prom the last member of this parallelism has arisen the absurd proverb...

...cables of different sizes, nnd to their use for such purposes as that described in the text in Isaiah, v. 18. " Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity and sin as it were & 14 A f> y, yp mma I have given, for the sake of comparison, a woodcut of the wellknown...

...thorns, yea I will command the clouds that they shall rain no rain upon it," v. 5, 6, 7. — AG 5376. V. 18. Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and gin a« it were with a cart rope. — A cord denotes a conjoining principle, becanee by it is effected...

...their heart, the Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil." — Zephaniah i. 12. And again, 11 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...

...shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. t is of faith, that it might be CHAP. IV. by grace ; to the en as it were with a cart rope: that say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it:...

...in with the context ? Yours respectfully, CC QUEBY XI. To the Editor of the Evangelical Preacher. " Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope." — (Isa. v, 18.) Can you furnish me with such a comment on these words,...

...of those who made them, no to their use for such purposes as that described in the text in Isaiah, v. 18. " Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity and sin as it were with a cart rope." A most interesting collection of ancient Egyptian cordage of almost every...

...enlarged his appetite. And hath stretched open his mouth without measure." Again, ver. 18, we read, " Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope ;" a passage of which we venture to say, few general hearers understand...

...context shows it will be repeated hereafter. With their sin will be mingled scoffing. Isaiah v. 18, 19, " 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...