Isaiah — Chapter 5

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Isaiah 5:1 ^RNow will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in ^Ta very fruitful hill:

Isaiah 5:2 And he ^RTfenced 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 ^Tmade a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Isaiah 5:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, ^Rjudge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

Isaiah 5:4 What 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?

Isaiah 5:5 And now ^Rgo 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 ^Ttrodden down:

Isaiah 5:6 And ^RI 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.

Isaiah 5:7 For ^Rthe vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah ^This pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold ^Toppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

Isaiah 5:8 Woe unto ^Rthem that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that ^Tthey may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

Isaiah 5:9 ^TIn mine ears said the LORD of hosts, ^TOf a truth many houses shall be ^Rdesolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

Isaiah 5:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield ^Rone bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

Isaiah 5:11 Woe unto them that ^Rrise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine ^Tinflame them!

Isaiah 5:12 And ^Rthe 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.

Isaiah 5:13 Therefore ^Rmy people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their ^Thonourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

Isaiah 5:14 Therefore ^Rhell 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.

Isaiah 5:15 And ^Rthe mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

Isaiah 5:16 But ^Rthe LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and ^TGod that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

Isaiah 5:17 Then ^Rshall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

Isaiah 5:18 Woe unto them that ^Rdraw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

Isaiah 5:19 That say, ^RLet 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!

Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto ^Rthem that ^Tcall evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Isaiah 5:21 Woe unto them that are ^Rwise in their own eyes, and prudent ^Tin their own sight!

Isaiah 5:22 Woe unto them that are ^Rmighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

Isaiah 5:23 Which ^Rjustify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Isaiah 5:24 Therefore as the ^Tfire ^Rdevoureth 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.

Isaiah 5:25 Therefore is ^Rthe 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 ^Ttorn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 5:26 And ^Rhe 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:

Isaiah 5:27 None ^Rshall 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:

Isaiah 5:28 Whose ^Rarrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

Isaiah 5:29 Their ^Rroaring 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.

Isaiah 5:30 And in that day they shall roar against them ^Rlike the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and ^Tsorrow, ^Tand the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Isaiah 5:1–10 — The vineyard’s disappointing fruit

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

The beloved vineyard receives careful provision but yields wild grapes. Israel and Judah are identified as the vineyard, with injustice and land-grabbing exposed.

Key Truth: God’s care calls for righteous fruit.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Isaiah 5:11–20 — Pleasure, pride, and moral inversion

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Woes confront consuming pleasure, neglect of God’s work, arrogance, and calling evil good. Reversing moral names does not change wrongdoing’s character.

Key Truth: Do not rename evil as good.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Isaiah 5:21–30 — Corruption and approaching judgment

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

Self-satisfied wisdom, bribery, and rejected instruction are condemned. An approaching force and gathering darkness describe the serious consequence of covenant rebellion.

Key Truth: Receive instruction rather than trusting self-approval.

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Related Scripture (KJV)

Matthew 21:33 — Jesus’ vineyard parable offers a related passage.

Matthew 21:33 (KJV) Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:

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