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Isaiah 5
Isaiah 5
1Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
1Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
Commentary · verse 1
2and he digged it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
2And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Commentary · verse 2
All these things Jehovah did were for the benefit of His "vineyard"…His children. This vineyard was protected and should have brought forth grapes but it brought forth "wild grapes" (representing the wicked). This spoke of Israel during Isaiah's time.
3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
4What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
4What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
Commentary · verses 3-4
Jehovah asked for Judah to consider what else He could have done to make it possible for His people to grow. Ultimately, this was a rhetorical question. It implied that God had done everything possible for Judah's ability to grow. However, the same could be said for us: God had done everything that was needed for our Salvation.
5And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: 6and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
5And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
6And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Commentary · verses 5-6
For the benefit of the "wild grapes" (wicked) the hedge would be taken away, it would be eaten up, trodden down, not pruned or hoed (digged). This would be a long term benefit with the hope that the "wild grapes" would turn to God through their judgment.
7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.
7For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Commentary · verse 7
God sought out Justice and Righteousness in His people.
Doctrines on this passage
8Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!
9In mine ears saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
10For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.
8Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
9In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
10Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
Commentary · verses 8-10
Ten acres of vineyard would not even produce "one bath" (six gallons) of wine and ten baskets of seed would only produce one "ephah" (basket of grain). This was a woe of covetousness. The word "woe" meant "warning; threatening interjection."
11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Commentary · verse 11
A woe to those who made drunkenness a cause...
12And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
13Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.
12And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
13Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
Commentary · verses 12-13
God's people would be in captivity because they had no knowledge.
14Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend into it.
15And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled:
14Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
15And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Commentary · verses 14-15
The proud would be humbled.
16but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
16But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
Commentary · verse 16
God would be exalted in Justice. All would know that God was Right and Just.
Doctrines on this passage
17Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers eat.
17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Commentary · verse 17
In that day, the "lambs" (God's sheep) would eat well and the evil would eat among the ruins.
18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope; 19that 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 nigh and come, that we may know it!
18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
19That 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 nigh and come, that we may know it!
Commentary · verses 18-19
A woe for iniquities.
20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Commentary · verse 20
This was a woe for false belief, also known as apostasy if the person had known the truth.
21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Commentary · verse 21
"...wise in their own eyes..." A woe for the proud.
22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink; 23that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Commentary · verses 22-23
A woe unto those who were unjust.
24Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
24Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth 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.
Commentary · verse 24
These wicked ones would be destroyed because they rejected God's Law and His Word. Judah would face judgment...
25Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
25Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Commentary · verse 25
God was so angry with their actions that even these judgments against them were not enough for God to turn away His anger from them.
26And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly.
26And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
Commentary · verse 26
God would use other nations (Babylon) to judge the Israelites.
27None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 28whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses’ hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind: 29their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.
30And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.
27None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
28Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
29Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
30And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
Commentary · verses 27-30
God provided many warnings/woes to Israel and Judah. Would they hear Him?
This chapter started a new prophecy, different from the first four chapters. Isaiah was singing a song to the "wellbeloved," which was Jehovah.