Isaiah 5
5
Parable of the Vineyard
1Let me sing now for my beloved
A song of my beloved about His vineyard.
My beloved had a vineyard on #5:1 Lit horn, a son of fatnessa fertile hill.
2He dug it all around, cleared it of stones,
And planted it with #5:2 Lit a bright red grapethe choicest vine.
And He built a tower in the middle of it,
And also carved out a #5:2 Or wine presswine vat in it;
Then He expected it to produce good grapes,
But it produced only #5:2 Or unripeworthless ones.
3¶“And now, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah,
Judge between Me and My vineyard.
4“What more was there to do for My vineyard #5:4 Lit and I have not donethat I have not done in it?
Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce #5:4 Or unripeworthless ones?
5“So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge and it will be consumed;
I will break down its wall and it will become trampled ground.
6“I will lay it waste;
It will not be pruned nor hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.”
7¶For the vineyard of the Lord of armies is the house of Israel,
And the people of Judah are His delightful plant.
So He waited for justice, but behold, there was bloodshed;
For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.
Woes for the Wicked
8¶Woe to those who attach house to house and join field to field,
Until there is no more room,
And you alone are a landowner in the midst of the land!
9In my ears the Lord of armies has sworn, “Many houses shall certainly become desolate,
Even great and fine ones, without occupants.
10“For ten acres of vineyard will yield only one #5:10 About 6 gallons or 23 litersbath of wine,
And a #5:10 About 7.7 cubic feet or 0.22 cubit meters or morehomer of seed will yield only an #5:10 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic metersephah of grain.”
11Woe to those who rise early in the morning so that they may pursue intoxicating drink,
Who stay up late in the evening so that wine may inflame them!
12Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But they do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.
13¶Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge;
And their #5:13 Lit glory is men of faminenobles are famished,
And their multitude is parched with thirst.
14Therefore Sheol has enlarged its #5:14 Or appetitethroat and opened its mouth beyond measure;
And #5:14 Lit herJerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her noise of revelry, and the jubilant within her, descend into it.
15So the common people will be humbled and the person of importance brought low,
The eyes of the haughty also will be brought low.
16But the Lord of armies will be exalted in judgment,
And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
17Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
And strangers will eat in the ruins of the #5:17 Lit fatwealthy.
18¶Woe to those who drag wrongdoing with the cords of #5:18 Or worthlessnessdeceit,
And sin as if with cart ropes;
19Who say, “Let Him hurry, let Him do His work quickly, so that we may see it;
And let the plan of the Holy One of Israel approach
And come to pass, so that we may know it!”
20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who #5:20 Lit setsubstitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who #5:20 Lit setsubstitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And #5:21 Lit discerningclever in their own sight!
22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine,
And valiant men in mixing intoxicating drink,
23Who declare the wicked innocent for a bribe,
And take away the #5:23 Lit justicerights of the ones who are in the right!
24¶Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble,
And dry grass collapses in the flame,
So their root will become like rot, and their blossom #5:24 Lit ascendblow away like dust;
For they have rejected the Law of the Lord of armies,
And discarded the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25For this reason the anger of the Lord has burned against His people,
And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them.
And the mountains quaked, and their corpses #5:25 Lit werelay like refuse in the middle of the streets.
Despite all this, His anger #5:25 Lit has not turned awayis not spent,
But His hand is still stretched out.
26¶He will also lift up a flag to the distant #5:26 Lit nations; prob. Assyrianation,
And whistle for it from the ends of the earth;
And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.
27No one in it is tired or stumbles,
No one slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the undergarment at his waist loosened,
Nor his sandal strap broken.
28 # 5:28 Lit Which, its arrows Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;
The hoofs of its horses #5:28 Lit are regarded asseem like flint, and its chariot wheels like a storm wind.
29Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;
It growls as it seizes the prey
And carries it off with no one to save it.
30And it will roar against it on that day like the roaring of the sea.
If one looks across to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;
Even the light is darkened by its clouds.
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Yeshayah (Isaiah) 5
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1Please let me sing to the One I love, a song for my loved One regarding His vineyard: my loved One has a vineyard on a fertile hill.
2And He dug it up and cleared it of stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a watchtower in its midst, and also made a winepress in it. And He waited for the yielding of grapes, but it yielded rotten ones.
3“And now, O inhabitant of Yerushalayim and man of Yehuḏah, please judge between Me and My vineyard.
4“What more could have been done to My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why, when I waited for the yielding of grapes, did it yield rotten ones?
5“And now, please let Me inform you what I am doing to My vineyard: To take away its hedge and it shall be burned; to break down its wall and it shall be trampled down;
6and I lay it waste; it is not pruned or dug and thornbushes and weeds shall come up; and I command the clouds not to rain on it.”
7For the vineyard of יהוה of hosts is the house of Yisra’ĕl, and the man of Yehuḏah is His pleasant plant. He looked for right-ruling, but see, oppression; for righteousness, but see, weeping.
8Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
9In my hearing יהוה of hosts said, “Truly, many houses shall be a waste – big and fine ones, without inhabitant.
10“For ten acres of vineyard yield one bath, and a ḥomer of seed yields one ĕphah.”
11Woe to those who rise early in the morning pursuing strong drink, who stay up late at night – wine inflames them!
12And the lyre and the harp, the tambourine and flute, and wine are in their feasts; but they do not regard the deeds of יהוה, nor see the work of His hands.
13Therefore my people have gone into exile, because they have no knowledge. And their esteemed men are starved, and their crowd dried up with thirst.
14Therefore She’ol has made itself wide and opened its mouth without law. Their splendour and their crowd and their uproar, and he who is exulting within her, shall go down into it.
15And man is bowed down, and mortal man humbled, and the eyes of the proud are humbled.
16But יהוה of hosts is exalted in judgment, and the set-apart Ěl is set-apart in righteousness.
17And the lambs shall feed in their pasture, and strangers shall eat in the waste places of the fat ones.
18Woe to those who draw crookedness with cords of falsehood, and sin as with wagon ropes,
19who are saying, “Let Him hurry! Let Him hasten His work, so that we see it! And let the counsel of the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl draw near and come, so that we know.”
20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,#See Pro. 3:7 and clever in their own sight!
22Woe to the mighty to drink wine, and brave men to mix strong drink,
23who declare right the wrong for a bribe, and the righteousness of the righteous they turn aside from him!
24Therefore, as a tongue of fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, their root is as rottenness, and their blossom goes up like dust – because they have rejected the Torah of יהוה of hosts, and despised the Word of the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl.
25Therefore the displeasure of יהוה has burned against His people, and He stretches out His hand against them and strikes them, and the mountains tremble. And their carcass is as filth in the middle of the streets. With all this His displeasure has not turned back, and His hand is still stretched out!
26And He shall lift up a banner to the nations from afar, and shall whistle to them from the end of the earth. And see, they come with speed, swiftly!
27Not one of them is weary or stumbling, not one slumbers or sleeps. Not a belt shall be loosened on their loins, nor the thong of their sandals be broken.
28Their arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses’ hooves shall seem like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.
29Their roar is like that of a lion, they roar like young lions. And they growl and seize prey, and slip away, with no one to rescue.
30And in that day they shall growl over it as with the growling of the sea. And one shall look at the earth, and see, darkness and distress! And light shall be darkened by the clouds.
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