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Isaiah 5

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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:

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

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.

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:

16But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

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!

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!

21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

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!

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.

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.

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:

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.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • לֹאlôʼH380811× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62139× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19617× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • כֶּרֶםkeremH37547× in this chapter

    a garden or vineyard

  • הוֹיhôwyH19456× in this chapter

    oh!

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30686× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • עַלʻalH59215× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • אֵתʼêthH8535× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • בַּיִתbayithH10044× in this chapter

    a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

  • הִנֵּהhinnêhH20094× in this chapter

    lo!

  • כֵּןkênH36514× in this chapter

    properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

  • אַיִןʼayinH3694× in this chapter

    a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle

  • צָבָאtsâbâʼH66354× in this chapter

    a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)

  • אוֹרʼôwrH2163× in this chapter

    illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

  • חֹשֶׁךְchôshekH28223× in this chapter

    the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

  • טוֹבṭôwbH28963× in this chapter

    good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)

  • יָדyâdH30273× in this chapter

    a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

  • יַיִןyayinH31963× in this chapter

    wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication

  • יָשַׁבyâshabH34273× in this chapter

    properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

  • יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34783× in this chapter

    Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

  • כִּיkîyH35883× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • אִישׁʼîyshH3763× in this chapter

    a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

  • נָאnâʼH49943× in this chapter

    'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

  • צְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâhH66663× in this chapter

    rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

  • קָדוֹשׁqâdôwshH69183× in this chapter

    sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary

  • קָוָהqâvâhH69603× in this chapter

    to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect

  • אֶרֶץʼeretsH7763× in this chapter

    the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

  • בְּלִיbᵉlîyH10972× in this chapter

    properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.

  • הָמוֹןhâmôwnH19952× in this chapter

    a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth

  • יְדִידyᵉdîydH30392× in this chapter

    loved

  • יָדַעyâdaʻH30452× in this chapter

    to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

  • יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhH30632× in this chapter

    Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

  • כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • אָכַלʼâkalH3982× in this chapter

    to eat (literally or figuratively)

  • מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăsehH46392× in this chapter

    an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property

  • מַרmarH47512× in this chapter

    bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly

  • מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭH49412× in this chapter

    properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

  • מָתוֹקmâthôwqH49662× in this chapter

    sweet

  • נָבַטnâbaṭH50272× in this chapter

    to scan, i.e. look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care

  • נָהַםnâhamH50982× in this chapter

    to growl

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