Isaiah:5

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* Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard . My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : (note :)a very …: Hebrews . the horn of the son of oil (:note ) * And he dug it , and removed its stones , and planted it with the choicest vine , and built a tower in the midst of it , and also made a winepress in it : and he expected that it should bring forth grapes , and it brought forth wild grapes . (note :)fenced : or , made a wall about (:note )made : Hebrews . hewed * And now , O inhabitants of Jerusalem , and men of Judah , judge , I pray you , between me and my vineyard . * What more could have been done to my vineyard , that I have not done in it ? Why , when I expected that it should bring forth grapes , brought it forth wild grapes ? * And now come ; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away its hedge , and it shall be eaten up ; break down the wall of it , and it shall be trodden down : (note :)trodden …: Hebrews . for a treading (:note ) * And I will lay it waste : it shall not be pruned , nor dug ; but there shall come up briers and thorns : I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it . * For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts 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 . (note :)his …: Hebrews . plant of his pleasures (:note )oppression : Heb . a scab * Woe to them that join house to house , lay field to field , till no place , that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth ! (note :)they : Hebrews . ye (:note ) * In my ears the LORD of hosts , Of a truth many houses shall be desolate , great and fair , without inhabitant . (note :)In …: or , This is in mine ears , saith the LORD , etc (:note )Of a …: Hebrews . If not , etc * Yea , ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath , and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah . * Woe to them that rise early in the morning , they may follow strong drink ; that continue until night , wine inflames them ! (note :)inflame : of , pursue (:note ) * And 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 . * Therefore my people have gone into captivity , because no knowledge : and their honourable men famished , and their multitude dried up with thirst . (note :)honourable …: Hebrews . glory are men of famine (:note ) * Therefore 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 . * And the mean man shall be brought down , and the mighty man shall be humbled , and the eyes of the lofty shall be abased : * But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment , and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness . (note :)God …: or , the holy God : Hebrews . the God the holy (:note ) * Then shall the lambs feed after their manner , and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat . * Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity , and sin as it were with a cart rope : * That say , Let him make speed , hasten his work , that we may see : and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come , that we may know ! * Woe to 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 ! (note :)call …: Hebrews . say concerning evil , It is good , etc (:note ) * Woe to wise in their own eyes , and prudent in their own sight ! (note :)in their own sight : Hebrews . before their face (:note ) * Woe to mighty to drink wine , and men of strength to mix strong drink : * Who justify the wicked for reward , and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him ! * Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble , and the flame consumeth the chaff , 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 . (note :)fire : Hebrews . tongue of fire (:note ) * Therefore 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 trembled , and their dead bodies torn in the midst of the streets . For all this his anger is not turned away , but his hand stretched out still . (note :)torn : or , as dung (:note ) * And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from afar , and will hiss to them from the end of the earth : and , behold , they shall come with speed swiftly : * None shall be weary nor stumble among them ; none shall slumber nor sleep ; neither shall the belt of their loins be loosed , nor the latchet of their shoes be broken : * Whose arrows sharp , and all their bows bent , their horses ’ hoofs shall be counted like flint , and their wheels like a whirlwind : * Their roaring like a lion , they shall roar like young lions : yea , they shall roar , and lay hold of the prey , and shall carry away safe , and none shall deliver . * And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea : and if looketh to the land , behold darkness sorrow , and the light is darkened in its heavens . (note :)sorrow : or , distress (:note )and the light …: or , when it is light , it shall be dark in the destructions thereof

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