Commentaire sur Isaïe 5:18

Woe to those who draw the iniquity They draw the evil inclination upon themselves little by little; at first with ropes of nothingness, like the thread of a spider web. And since it provokes them, it continuously gains strength until it becomes like cart ropes, with which they tie a wagon in order to pull it.

מושכי העון That fasten iniquity.

nothingness Heb. שָׁוְא, a thing that has no tangibility.

וכעבות העגלח חטאה supply הם משכים And draw sin as if it were with a cart rope. המאה is here a noun; it is the same as חטאת sin (comp. Exod. 34:7); it can also be an adjective, signifying a woman that committeth many sins.

sin Heb. חַטָּאָה, sin.