Isaiah 5
5
Song of the Vineyard
1Let me sing of my beloved, a song of my beloved, about His vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard in a very fertile hill.
2He dug it out and cleared its stones, planted it with a choice vine, built a tower in the midst of it, and even cut out a winepress. He expected it to yield good grapes, but it yielded worthless grapes.
3So now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.
4What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done? Why then, when I expected it to yield good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?
5So now, I will make known to you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down the fence, and it will be trodden down.
6I will lay it waste: it will not be pruned or hoed, but briers and thorns will come up. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.
7For the vineyard of Adonai-Tzva’ot is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah the planting of His delight. He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed, for righteousness, but behold, a cry!
Judgment for Injustice
8Woe to those who join house to house and merge field to field, until there is no room, and you will live alone in the midst of the land!
9In my ears, Adonai-Tzva’ot has said: “Surely many houses will be desolate— even grand and fine ones— with no occupants.”
10Ten acres of vineyard will yield six gallons, and an omer of seed will yield one ephah.
11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning— so they may pursue liquor, who stay up late at night, until wine inflames them!
12Harp and lyre, tambourine and flute, and wine are at their banquets. They do not notice Adonai’s activity nor see the works of His hands.
13“Therefore My people are in captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished and their multitudes parched with thirst.
14Therefore Sheol has enlarged its gullet and opened its measureless mouth— down goes her glory, her tumult, her uproar, and the revelry in her.
15So humanity will be bowed down mankind will be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty humbled.”
16But Adonai-Tzva’ot will be exalted through justice, and the Holy God consecrated through righteousness.
17Then lambs will graze as if in their own pasture, and nomads will eat in the ruins of the wealthy.
18Oy to those that drag iniquity along with cords of deceit, and sin as if with a cart rope!
19They say: “Let Him hurry up and hasten His work, so we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, so we may know it!”
20Oy to those who call evil good and good evil, who present darkness as light and light as darkness, who present bitter as sweet, and sweet as bitter!
21Oy to those who are wise in their own eyes, and clever in their own sight!
22Oy to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant at mixing drinks,
23who justify the wicked for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of justice!
24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw, and as chaff collapses into the flame, so their root will be like rot, and their blossom will go up like dust. For they have rejected the Torah of Adonai–Tzva’ot, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25Therefore Adonai’s anger is kindled against His people. When He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them, the hills trembled, and their carcasses were like refuse in the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, yet His hand is still outstretched.
26He will lift up a banner to nations far off, and will whistle for them from the ends of the earth. Look! Swiftly, speedily they come!
27None will be weary and none stumble among them; none will slumber or sleep; no belt will be loose at the waist; no strap of sandals be broken.
28Their arrows are sharp and all their bows bent; their horse hooves will be like flint and their wheels like a whirlwind.
29Their roaring will be like a lion. They will growl like young lions— yes, they will roar, seize their prey and carry it away safely— and there will be none to rescue.
30They will roar against them like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress! The light is darkened by the clouds.
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Isaiah 5
5
The Song of the Vineyard
1#Ps 80:8; Mt 21:33 Now I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved
concerning His vineyard:
My well-beloved has a vineyard
in a very fruitful hill.
2#Jer 2:21; Mk 11:13 And He fenced it, and removed its stones,
and planted it with the choicest vine.
And He built a tower in the midst of it,
and also made a winepress in it;
and He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
but it brought forth wild grapes.
3Now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
judge between My vineyard and Me.
4#Mt 23:37 What more could have been done to My vineyard
that I have not done in it?
Why, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes,
did it bring forth wild grapes?
5#Isa 28:18; La 1:15 So now I will tell you
what I will do to My vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
and it shall be consumed;
I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trodden down.
6#Isa 7:23–25; 2Ch 36:19–21 And I will lay it waste:
It shall not be pruned or dug,
but briers and thorns shall come up.
I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain on it.
7#Ps 80:8–11 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
His pleasant plant.
Thus He looked for justice, but saw oppression;
for righteousness, but heard a cry.
Woes and Judgment
8#Mic 2:2; Hab 2:9–12 Woe to those who join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more space
where they may live alone in the midst of the land!
9#Mt 23:38; Isa 22:14In my ears the Lord of Hosts said:
Truly, many houses shall be desolate,
even great and beautiful, without inhabitants.
10#Lev 26:26 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath,#About 6 gallons, or 22 liters.
and the homer#Likely about 360 pounds, or 160 kilograms. of seed shall yield an ephah.#Likely about 36 pounds, or 16 kilograms.
11#Pr 23:29–30; Isa 5:22 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning
that they may pursue strong drink;
who continue late in the evening
until wine inflames them!
12#Job 34:27; Ps 28:5 The lyre and the harp, the tambourine and pipe,
and wine are in their feasts;
but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
or consider the work of His hands.
13#Hos 4:6; Isa 1:3; 27:11 Therefore My people go into captivity
because they have no knowledge;
and their honorable men are famished,
and their multitude dried up with thirst.
14#Hab 2:5 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself
and opened its mouth without measure;
so their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp,
and he who rejoices shall descend into it.
15#Isa 2:9; 2:11 The common man shall be brought down,
and the great man shall be humbled,
and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
16#Isa 29:23; 8:13 But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment,
and God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
17#Isa 7:25; Zep 2:6 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
and strangers shall eat in the waste places of the wealthy.
18#Jer 23:14; 23:10 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood
and sin as if with a cart rope,
19#Eze 12:22; Jer 17:15 who say, “Let Him make speed
and hasten His work,
that we may see it;
and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel
draw near and come,
that we may know it!”
20#Pr 17:15; Am 5:7 Woe to those who call evil good,
and good evil;
who exchange darkness for light,
and light for darkness;
who exchange bitter for sweet,
and sweet for bitter!
21#Pr 3:7; Ro 12:16 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and prudent in their own sight!
22#Isa 5:11; 28:7 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine,
and men of strength to mingle strong drink,
23#Ps 94:21; Isa 10:2 who justify the wicked for a reward,
and take away the justice of the righteous from him!
24#Job 18:16; Isa 30:12 Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble
and the flame consumes the chaff,
so their root shall be as rottenness,
and their blossom shall go up as dust;
because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts
and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25#2Ki 9:37; Isa 9:17 Therefore the anger of the Lord burns against His people,
and He has stretched out His hand against them, and has stricken them,
and the hills trembled.
Their corpses were torn in the midst of the streets.
For all this His anger is not turned away,
and His hand is still stretched out.
26#Dt 28:49; Isa 7:18 He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar
and will hiss at them from the ends of the earth;
certainly they shall come
with speed, swiftly.
27#Job 12:18; Joel 2:7–8 No one shall be weary or stumble among them;
no one shall slumber or sleep;
neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed,
nor the strap of their shoes be broken;
28#Ps 45:5 their arrows are sharp
and all their bows bent;
their horses’ hooves will seem like flint,
and their wheels like a whirlwind.
29#Isa 42:22; 49:24–25 Their roaring shall be like a lion,
they shall roar like young lions;
they shall roar and lay hold of the prey;
and shall carry it away, and no one shall deliver it.
30#Isa 8:22; Jer 4:23–28 In that day they shall roar against them
like the roaring of the sea.
And if one looks to the land—
only darkness and sorrow,
and the light is darkened by the clouds.
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