Isa 5:24 | TNotes | STEP | 5:24 The image of rotting roots reflects human transience (cp. 11:1 ; 27:6 ; 37:31 ). • To despise the Lord’s word means to ignore it, to live without regard for keeping it. Such an attitude toward God’s revelation leads to folly and ruin (Prov 1:30 ; 5:12 ; 15:5 ).

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‏ Isaiah 5:24

5:24 ^a The image of rotting roots reflects human transience (cp. 11:1 ^b; 27:6 ^c; 37:31 ^d).

• To despise the Lord’s word means to ignore it, to live without regard for keeping it. Such an attitude toward God’s revelation leads to folly and ruin (Prov 1:30 ^e; 5:12 ^f; 15:5 ^g).