Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Third Woe—against obstinate perseverance in sin, as if they wished to provoke divine judgments.
iniquity—guilt, incurring punishment [MAURER].
cords, etc.—cart-rope—Rabbins say, "An evil inclination is at first like a fine hair-string, but the finishing like a cart-rope." The antithesis is between the slender cords of sophistry, like the spider's web (Isaiah 59:5; Job 8:14), with which one sin draws on another, until they at last bind themselves with great guilt as with a cart-rope. They strain every nerve in sin.
vanity—wickedness.
sin—substantive, not a verb: they draw on themselves "sin" and its penalty recklessly.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 5:18:
Psalms 40:12
Proverbs 30:8
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