Isaiah 5
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1Let me sing now to my Beloved,
A song of my Beloved touching his vineyard.
My Beloved had a vineyard
Upon a very fruitful hill.
2He digged it, and cleared it of stones,
And planted it with the choicest vine,
And he built a tower in the midst of it,
And also hewed out a wine-vat therein;
And he expected, that it should bring forth grapes;
But it brought forth baneful berries.
3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and ye men of Judah,
Judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
4What could have been done more to my vineyard,
Than I have done unto it?
Why, when I expected that it should bring forth grapes,
Brought it forth baneful berries?
5But come now, and I will make known unto you
What I will do unto my vineyard
I will remove its hedge, and it shall be eaten up;
I will demolish its wall, and it shall be trodden down.
6And I will make it a waste:
It shall not be pruned, neither shall it be weeded; But there shall come up briers and thorns;
And to the clouds I will give command,
That they rain no rain upon it.
7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel;
And the men of Judah his pleasant plant:
He looked for judgment, and behold a shedding of blood;
For justice, and behold a cry.
8Wo unto them, who join house to house;
Who lay field unto field together;
Until there be no more room left,
And ye dwell by yourselves alone in the midst of the land.
9In my ears hath Jehovah of hosts revealed it:
Surely, the many houses shall become a desolation;
The great and the fair ones, no one shall inhabit.
10Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
And a chomer of seed shall produce an ephah.
11Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning to follow after strong drink;
Who sit late in the evening, that the wine may inflame them:
12And the lyre, and the harp, the tabor, and the pipe,
And wine, are in their feasts;
But the work of Jehovah they regard not;
And the operation of his hands they do not perceive.
13Therefore my people goeth into captivity by surprise;
Their nobles die with hunger;
And their multitude are parched up with thirst.
14Therefore bath Hades opened its jaws with greediness;
And hath stretched open its mouth without measure:
And down go her nobility, and her multitude;
And her busy throng, and all that exult in her.
15And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be humbled;
And the eyes of the haughty are humbled.
16But Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment;
And the Holy God shall be sanctified in righteousness.
17Then shall the sheep feed, as upon their own pasture; And in the desolate possessions of the rich shall strange flocks graze.
18Wo unto them that draw punishment along with a rope of vice;
And destruction as with a cart-rope.
19Who say, Let him make speed, let him hasten his work, that we may see it;
And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come to pass, that we may know it.
20Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.
21Wo unto them that are wise in their own eyes;
And prudent in their own conceit.
22Wo unto them that are powerful to drink wine;
And men of might to mingle strong drink.
23Who justify the guilty for reward,
And take away the righteousness of the righteous from him.
24Therefore as the flame of fire devoureth the stubble,
And as the dry grass sinketh down into the flame;
So their root shall be as rottenness,
And their blossom shall go up like the dust:
Because they have despised the law of Jehovah of hosts;
And scornfully rejected the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people;
And he hath stretched out his hand against them,
And smitten them; and the mountains trembled;
And their carcases became as the mire in the midst of the streets.
For all this his anger is not turned away;
But his hand is still stretched out.
26And he will erect a standard for the nations afar off;
And he will hiss unto them from the end of the earth;
And behold, with speed swiftly shall they come.
27None among them is faint, and none stumbleth;
No one slumbereth, and no one sleepeth:
Neither is the girdle of their loins loosed,
Nor the latchet of their shoes torn off.
28Whose arrows are sharpened,
And all their bows are bent:
The hoofs of their horses are counted like unto the flint;
And their wheels unto the whirlwind.
29Their roaring is like that of the lioness;
They roar like the young lions:
They rage, and seize the prey;
They bear it away, and no one doth rescue.
30In that day shall they roar against them, like the roaring of the sea;
And if one look unto the land, behold there darkness;
Perplexity mid light;
It becomes dark in the clouds thereof.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.
Isaiah 5
5
The Vineyard of the Lord Destroyed
1Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had #Ps. 80:8; Matt. 21:33; Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9; [Hos. 9:10]a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with #Jer. 2:21 choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and #[Matt. 21:19; Mark 11:13; Luke 13:6]he looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.
3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
4 # [Mic. 6:3, 4] What more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
# [See ver. 2 above] When I looked for it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?
5And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove #[Jer. 5:10] its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;#5:5 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5
#
Ps. 80:12; [Prov. 24:31] I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
6I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and #See ch. 7:23-25 briers and thorns shall grow up;
# [1 Kgs. 17:1; Jer. 14:1, 22] I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 # [ch. 3:14]; See Ps. 80:8-11 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed;#5:7 The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry!#5:7 The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike
Woe to the Wicked
8Woe to those who #Mic. 2:2join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.
9The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
# ch. 6:12 “Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
10 # [Lev. 26:26; Hag. 1:6; 2:16] For ten acres#5:10 Hebrew ten yoke, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a #Ezek. 45:11homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”#5:10 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; an ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
11Woe to those who #ver. 22; [Prov. 23:29, 30; Eccles. 10:16, 17]rise early in the morning,
that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
as wine inflames them!
12 #
Amos 6:5, 6 They have lyre and harp,
tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
# ch. 26:11 but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
or see the work of his hands.
13Therefore my people go into exile
# ch. 1:3; Hos. 4:6 for lack of knowledge;#5:13 Or without their knowledge
their #[Lam. 4:2, 7, 8]honored men go hungry,#5:13 Or die of hunger
and their multitude is parched with thirst.
14Therefore Sheol has #Hab. 2:5 enlarged its appetite
and opened #Ps. 141:7 its mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem#5:14 Hebrew her nobility and her multitude will go down,
her revelers and he who #[ver. 12; Job 1:18, 19]exults in her.
15 # ch. 2:9 Man is humbled, and each one is brought low,
and the eyes of the haughty#5:15 Hebrew high are brought low.
16 # ch. 2:11, 17 But the Lord of hosts is exalted#5:16 Hebrew high in justice,
and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
17Then shall the lambs graze #Mic. 2:12 as in their pasture,
and #[Judg. 6:3]nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.
18Woe to those who draw iniquity with #Prov. 5:22cords of falsehood,
who draw sin as with cart ropes,
19who say: #[Ezek. 12:22; 2 Pet. 3:4]“Let him be quick,
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
and let it come, that we may know it!”
20Woe to #[Amos 5:7] those who call evil good
and good evil,
# [Job 17:12; Matt. 6:22, 23; Luke 11:34, 35] who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
21Woe to those who are #Prov. 3:7; Rom. 12:16wise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!
22Woe to those who are #ver. 11heroes at drinking wine,
and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
23who #Ex. 23:8; Prov. 17:15acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
24Therefore, #ch. 47:14; Joel 2:5; [Ex. 15:7] as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so #Job 18:16 their root will be #Hos. 5:12 as rottenness,
and their blossom go up like dust;
for they have #ch. 30:9 rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
and have #ch. 1:4despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25Therefore #2 Kgs. 22:13, 17 the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,
and #Jer. 4:24; [Ps. 97:5; Hab. 3:6] the mountains quaked;
and their corpses were #[2 Kgs. 9:37; Jer. 36:30] as refuse
in the midst of the streets.
# ch. 9:12, 17, 21; 10:4 For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
26He will #ch. 11:12; 13:2; 18:3 raise a signal for nations far away,
and #ch. 7:18; Zech. 10:8 whistle for them #ch. 10:3; Deut. 28:49from the ends of the earth;
and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
27 # See ch. 10:28-31 None is weary, none stumbles,
none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
not a sandal strap broken;
28 #
Ps. 7:12, 13 their arrows are sharp,
all their bows bent,
their horses’ hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheels #ch. 21:1like the whirlwind.
29Their roaring is like a lion,
like young lions they roar;
they growl and #See 2 Kgs. 18:13-16seize their prey;
they carry it off, and none can rescue.
30They will growl over it on that day,
like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
behold, #ch. 8:22darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.
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