Isaiah 5

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Isaiah 5

Parable of the Vineyard

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Let me sing now for my well-beloved
A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard.
My well-beloved had a ^(A)vineyard on ^(a)a fertile hill.

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He dug it all around, removed its stones,
And planted it with ^(b)the ^(B)choicest vine.
And He built a tower in the middle of it
And also hewed out a ^(c)wine vat in it;
Then He ^(C)expected it to produce good grapes,
But it produced only ^(d)worthless ones.

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“And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
^(D)Judge between Me and My vineyard.

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“^(E)What more was there to do for My vineyard ^(e)that I have not done in it?
Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce ^(f)worthless ones?

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“So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:
I will ^(F)remove its hedge and it will be consumed;
I will ^(G)break down its wall and it will become ^(H)trampled ground.

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“I will ^(I)lay it waste;
It will not be pruned or hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also charge the clouds to ^(J)rain no rain on it.”

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For the ^(K)vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel
And the men of Judah His delightful plant.
Thus He looked for justice, but behold, ^(L)bloodshed;
For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

Woes for the Wicked

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Woe to those who ^(M)add house to house and join field to field,
Until there is no more room,
So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!

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In my ears the Lord of hosts has sworn, “Surely, ^(N)many houses shall become ^(O)desolate,
Even great and fine ones, without occupants.

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“For ^(P)ten acres of vineyard will yield only one ^(g)bath of wine,
And a ^(Q)homer of seed will yield but an ^(h)ephah of grain.”

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Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue ^(R)strong drink,
Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!

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Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and ^(S)harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But they ^(T)do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord,
Nor do they consider the work of His hands.

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Therefore My people go into exile for their ^(U)lack of knowledge;
And ⁽ⁱ⁾their ^(V)honorable men are famished,
And their multitude is parched with thirst.

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Therefore ^(W)Sheol has enlarged its ^(j)throat and opened its mouth without measure;
And ^(k)Jerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it.

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So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased,
^(X)The eyes of the proud also will be abased.

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But the ^(Y)Lord of hosts will be ^(Z)exalted in judgment,
And the holy God will show Himself ^(AA)holy in righteousness.

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^(AB)Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
And strangers will eat in the waste places of the ^(l)wealthy.

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Woe to those who drag ^(AC)iniquity with the cords of ^(m)falsehood,
And sin as if with cart ropes;

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^(AD)Who say, “Let Him make speed, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it;
And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near
And come to pass, that we may know it!”

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Woe to those who ^(AE)call evil good, and good evil;
Who ⁽ⁿ⁾^(AF)substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who ^(o)substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

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Woe to those who are ^(AG)wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight!

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^(AH)Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine
And valiant men in mixing strong drink,

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^(AI)Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
And ^(AJ)take away the ^(p)rights of the ones who are in the right!

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Therefore, ^(AK)as a tongue of fire consumes stubble
And dry grass collapses into the flame,
So their ^(AL)root will become ^(AM)like rot and their blossom ^(q)blow away as dust;
For they have ^(AN)rejected the law of the Lord of hosts
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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On this account the ^(AO)anger of the Lord has burned against His people,
And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down.
And the ^(AP)mountains quaked, and their ^(AQ)corpses ^(r)lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.
^(AR)For all this His anger ^(s)is not spent,
But His ^(AS)hand is still stretched out.

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He will also lift up a ^(AT)standard to the ^(t)distant nation,
And will ^(AU)whistle for it ^(AV)from the ends of the earth;
And behold, it will ^(AW)come with speed swiftly.

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^(AX)No one in it is weary or stumbles,
None slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the ^(AY)belt at its waist undone,
Nor its sandal strap broken.

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^(u)^(AZ)Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;
The hoofs of its horses ^(v)seem like flint and its chariot ^(BA)wheels like a whirlwind.

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Its ^(BB)roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions;
It growls as it ^(BC)seizes the prey
And carries it off with ^(BD)no one to deliver it.

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And it will ^(BE)growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea.
If one ^(BF)looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress;
Even the light is darkened by its clouds.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 5:1: ['Lit ', a horn, the son of fatness]

b. Isaiah 5:2: ['Lit ', a bright red grape]

c. Isaiah 5:2: ['Or ', wine press]

d. Isaiah 5:2: ['Or ', wild grapes]

e. Isaiah 5:4: ['Lit ', and I have not done]

f. Isaiah 5:4: ['Or ', wild grapes]

g. Isaiah 5:10: ['I.e. Approx 10 1/2 gal.']

h. Isaiah 5:10: ['I.e. Approx one bu']

i. Isaiah 5:13: ['Lit ', their glory are men of famine]

j. Isaiah 5:14: ['Or ', appetite]

k. Isaiah 5:14: ['Lit ', her]

l. Isaiah 5:17: ['Lit ', the fat]

m. Isaiah 5:18: ['Or ', worthlessness]

n. Isaiah 5:20: ['Lit ', set]

o. Isaiah 5:20: ['Lit ', set]

p. Isaiah 5:23: ['Lit ', righteousness]

q. Isaiah 5:24: ['Lit ', ascend]

r. Isaiah 5:25: ['Lit ', were]

s. Isaiah 5:25: ['Lit ', has not turned away]

t. Isaiah 5:26: ['Lit ', nations, '; probably Assyria']

u. Isaiah 5:28: ['Lit ', Which, its arrows]

v. Isaiah 5:28: ['Lit ', are regarded as]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 5:1: Psalm 80:8; Jeremiah 12:10; Matthew 21:33; Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9

B. Isaiah 5:2: Jeremiah 2:21

C. Isaiah 5:2: Matthew 21:19; Mark 11:13; Luke 13:6

D. Isaiah 5:3: Matthew 21:40

E. Isaiah 5:4: Jeremiah 2:5; Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 7:26; Micah 6:3; Matthew 23:37

F. Isaiah 5:5: Psalm 89:40

G. Isaiah 5:5: Psalm 80:12

H. Isaiah 5:5: Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 28:18; Lamentations 1:15; Luke 21:24; Revelation 11:2

I. Isaiah 5:6: Isaiah 7:19-25; Isaiah 24:1; Isaiah 24:3; Jeremiah 25:11

J. Isaiah 5:6: Jeremiah 14:1-22

K. Isaiah 5:7: Psalm 80:8-11

L. Isaiah 5:7: Isaiah 3:14; Isaiah 3:15; Isaiah 30:12; Isaiah 59:13

M. Isaiah 5:8: Jeremiah 22:13-17; Micah 2:2; Habakkuk 2:9-12

N. Isaiah 5:9: Isaiah 6:11; Isaiah 6:12

O. Isaiah 5:9: Matthew 23:38

P. Isaiah 5:10: Leviticus 26:26; Isaiah 7:23; Haggai 1:6; Haggai 2:16

Q. Isaiah 5:10: Ezekiel 45:11

R. Isaiah 5:11: Proverbs 23:29; Proverbs 23:30; Proverbs 23:17; Isaiah 5:22; Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 28:1; Isaiah 28:3; Isaiah 28:7; Isaiah 28:8

S. Isaiah 5:12: Amos 6:5; Amos 6:6

T. Isaiah 5:12: Job 34:27; Psalm 28:5

U. Isaiah 5:13: Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 27:11; Hosea 4:6

V. Isaiah 5:13: Isaiah 3:3

W. Isaiah 5:14: Proverbs 30:16; Habakkuk 2:5

X. Isaiah 5:15: Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 10:33

Y. Isaiah 5:16: Isaiah 28:17; Isaiah 30:18; Isaiah 61:8

Z. Isaiah 5:16: Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:17; Isaiah 33:5; Isaiah 33:10

AA. Isaiah 5:16: Isaiah 8:13; Isaiah 29:23; 1 Peter 3:15

AB. Isaiah 5:17: Isaiah 7:25; Micah 2:12; Zephaniah 2:6

AC. Isaiah 5:18: Isaiah 59:4-8; Jeremiah 23:10-14

AD. Isaiah 5:19: Ezekiel 12:22; 2 Peter 3:4

AE. Isaiah 5:20: Proverbs 17:15; Amos 5:7

AF. Isaiah 5:20: Job 17:12; Matthew 6:22; Matthew 6:23; Luke 11:34; Luke 11:35

AG. Isaiah 5:21: Proverbs 3:7; Romans 12:16; 1 Corinthians 3:18-20

AH. Isaiah 5:22: Proverbs 23:20; Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 56:12; Habakkuk 2:15

AI. Isaiah 5:23: Exodus 23:8; Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 10:1; Isaiah 10:2; Micah 3:11; Micah 7:3

AJ. Isaiah 5:23: Psalm 94:21; James 5:6

AK. Isaiah 5:24: Isaiah 9:18; Isaiah 9:19; Joel 2:5

AL. Isaiah 5:24: Job 18:16

AM. Isaiah 5:24: Hosea 5:12

AN. Isaiah 5:24: Isaiah 8:6; Isaiah 30:9; Isaiah 30:12; Acts 13:41

AO. Isaiah 5:25: Isaiah 66:15

AP. Isaiah 5:25: Psalm 18:7; Isaiah 64:3; Jeremiah 4:24; Nahum 1:5

AQ. Isaiah 5:25: Isaiah 14:19; Jeremiah 16:4

AR. Isaiah 5:25: Isaiah 9:12; Isaiah 9:17; Isaiah 9:19; Isaiah 9:21; Isaiah 10:4; Jeremiah 4:8; Daniel 9:16

AS. Isaiah 5:25: Exodus 7:19; Isaiah 23:11

AT. Isaiah 5:26: Isaiah 13:2; Isaiah 13:3

AU. Isaiah 5:26: Isaiah 7:18; Zechariah 10:8

AV. Isaiah 5:26: Deuteronomy 28:49

AW. Isaiah 5:26: Isaiah 13:4; Isaiah 13:5

AX. Isaiah 5:27: Joel 2:7; Joel 2:8

AY. Isaiah 5:27: Job 12:18

AZ. Isaiah 5:28: Psalm 7:12; Psalm 7:13; Psalm 45:5; Isaiah 13:18

BA. Isaiah 5:28: Isaiah 21:1; Jeremiah 4:13

BB. Isaiah 5:29: Jeremiah 51:38; Zephaniah 3:3; Zechariah 11:3

BC. Isaiah 5:29: Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 49:24; Isaiah 49:25; Micah 5:8

BD. Isaiah 5:29: Isaiah 42:22

BE. Isaiah 5:30: Isaiah 17:12; Jeremiah 6:23; Luke 21:25

BF. Isaiah 5:30: Isaiah 8:22; Jeremiah 4:23-28; Joel 2:10; Luke 21:25; Luke 21:26