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Isaiah 5:21

Isaiah 5:21
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Woe unto therm that are wise in their own eyes,.... And yet betray such stupidity and sottishness, as to call things by their wrong names; and make such a perverse judgment of them, as before…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Wo unto them that are wise ... - This is the fifth crime specified. It refers to those who are inflated with a false opinion of their own knowledge, and who are, therefore, self-confident and vain.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 5:18-30

Here are, I. Sins described which will bring judgments upon a people: and this perhaps is not only a charge drawn up against the men of Judah who lived at that time, and the particular articles of…