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Isaiah 5:19
to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses the people of Judah within a sequence of woes, capturing their defiant challenge to God’s timing. They demand immediate divine intervention while actively persisting in deceit and moral inversion.
The words — The Hebrew יְמַהֵר (ye.ma.Her) and יָחִישָׁׁה (ya.Chi.sha.Ha) literally mean “let it hurry” and “let it make haste,” framing the demand as an impatient command to God. These terms directly precede the request to see His work and know His plan.
The thread — This impatient demand echoes in Jeremiah 17:15, where skeptics repeatedly ask, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!” and aligns with Ezekiel 12:22’s observation that people claim visions fail as days pass. Both passages record similar challenges to divine timing and fulfillment.
Why it lands — The text demands readers confront the presumption that God must accelerate His purposes to satisfy human curiosity. It requires acknowledging that divine timing operates independently of human impatience or moral compromise.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 12:22 “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
- Jeremiah 17:15 Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”
- Isaiah 66:5 You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
- Jeremiah 5:12 They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
- Jeremiah 23:36 But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.
- Amos 5:18 Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
- 2 Peter 3:3 Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
- Isaiah 30:11 Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
- Jeremiah 23:18 But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?
- Ezekiel 12:27 “Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’