Isaiah 5:19

19. Let him make speed In a tone of defiance they say, Let him come on.

And hasten his work His work of direful providence and threatened judgment.

That we may see it We are ready for him. When he does what he threatens, we will believe him.

Counsel The prophet’s predictions; evident from the words Holy One of Israel, which not they, but only the prophet, would use. In effect they say: “‘The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth.’ Ezekiel 12:22. We doubt their truth. Let him show his hand in these threatened woes. Only then can we believe you, his prophet.”