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expected<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.2.2">b</a> it to yield good grapes,but it yielded worthless grapes.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.2.3">c</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="4"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-3.htm">3</a>So now, residents of Jerusalemand men of Judah,please judge between meand my vineyard. <A name="5"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-4.htm">4</a>What more could I have done for my vineyardthan I did?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.4.1">a</a>Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes,did it yield worthless grapes? <A name="6"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-5.htm">5</a>Now I will tell youwhat I am about to do to my vineyard:I will remove its hedge,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.5.1">a</a>and it will be consumed;I will tear down its wall,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.5.2">b</a>and it will be trampled. <A name="7"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">6</a>I will make it a wasteland.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.6.1">a</a>It will not be pruned or weeded;thorns and briers will grow up.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.6.2">b</a>I will also give orders to the cloudsthat rain should not fall on it. <A name="8"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-7.htm">7</a>For the vineyard of the Lord of Armiesis the house of Israel,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.7.1">a</a>and the men<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.5.7.1">A</a> of Judah,the plant he delighted in.He expected justicebut saw injustice;he expected righteousnessbut heard cries of despair.</blockquote><h3 class="head1">Judah’s Sins Denounced</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="9"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">8</a>Woe to those who add house to house<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.8.1">a</a>and join field to fielduntil there is no more roomand you alone are left in the land.</blockquote> <A name="10"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-9.htm">9</a>I heard the Lord of Armies say:<blockquote class="poetryblock">Indeed, many houses<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.9.1">a</a> will become desolate,grand and lovely ones without inhabitants. <A name="11"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-10.htm">10</a>For a ten-acre<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.5.10.1">A</a> vineyard will yieldonly six gallons of wine,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.5.10.2">B</a>and ten bushels<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.5.10.3">C</a> of seed will yieldonly one bushel of grain.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.5.10.4">D</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="12"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">11</a>Woe to those who rise early in the morningin pursuit of beer,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.11.1">a</a>who linger into the evening,inflamed by wine. <A name="13"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm">12</a>At their feasts they have lyre, harp,tambourine, flute, and wine.They do not perceive the Lord’s actions,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.12.1">a</a>and they do not see the work of his hands.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.12.2">b</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="14"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-13.htm">13</a>Therefore my people will go into exilebecause they lack knowledge;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.13.1">a</a>her<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.5.13.1">A</a> dignitaries are starving,and her masses are parched with thirst. <A name="15"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">14</a>Therefore Sheol enlarges its throatand opens wide its enormous jaws,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.14.1">a</a>and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses,her crowds, and those who celebrate in her! <A name="16"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-15.htm">15</a>Humanity is brought low, each person is humbled,and haughty eyes are humbled.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.15.1">a</a> <A name="17"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-16.htm">16</a>But the Lord of Armies is exalted by his justice,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.16.1">a</a>and the holy God<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.16.2">b</a> demonstrates his holiness through his righteousness.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.16.3">c</a> <A name="18"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-17.htm">17</a>Lambs will grazeas if in<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.5.17.1">A</a> their own pastures,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.17.1">a</a>and resident aliens<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.5.17.2">B</a> will eatamong the ruins of the rich.</blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="19"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-18.htm">18</a>Woe to those who drag iniquitywith cords of deceit<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.18.1">a</a>and pull sin along with cart ropes, <A name="20"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">19</a>to those who say,“Let him hurry up and do his work quicklyso that we can see it!Let the plan<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.19.1">a</a> of the Holy One of Israel<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.19.2">b</a> take placeso that we can know it! ” <A name="21"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">20</a>Woe to those who call evil goodand good evil,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.20.1">a</a>who substitute darkness for lightand light for darkness,who substitute bitter for sweetand sweet for bitter. <A name="22"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-21.htm">21</a>Woe to those who consider themselves wiseand judge themselves clever.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.5.21.1">a</a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.21.1">a</a> <A name="23"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-22.htm">22</a>Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,who are champions at pouring beer,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.22.1">a</a> <A name="24"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-23.htm">23</a>who acquit the guilty for a bribe<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.23.1">a</a>and deprive the innocent of justice.</blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="25"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm">24</a>Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes strawand as dry grass shrivels in the flame,so their roots will become like something rottenand their blossoms will blow away like dust,for they have rejected<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.24.1">a</a>the instruction of the Lord of Armies,and they have despisedthe word of the Holy One of Israel.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.24.2">b</a> <A name="26"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">25</a>Therefore the Lord’s anger burned<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.25.1">a</a> against his people.He raised his hand against them and struck them;the mountains quaked,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.25.2">b</a>and their corpses were like garbage in the streets.In all this, his anger has not turned away,and his hand is still raised to strike.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.25.3">c</a></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"> <A name="27"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">26</a>He raises a signal flag for the distant nations<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.26.1">a</a>and whistles<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.26.2">b</a> for them from the ends of the earth.Look — how quickly and swiftly they come! <A name="28"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-27.htm">27</a>None of them grows weary or stumbles;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.27.1">a</a>no one slumbers or sleeps.No belt is looseand no sandal strap broken. <A name="29"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-28.htm">28</a>Their arrows are sharpened,and all their bows strung.Their horses’ hooves are like flint;their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind. <A name="30"></a><a href="/isaiah/5-29.htm">29</a>Their roaring is like a lion’s;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.29.1">a</a>they roar like young lions;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.5.29.2">b</a>they growl and seize their preyand carry it off,and no one can rescue it. <a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm">30</a>On that day they will roar over it,like the roaring of the sea.When one looks at the land,there will be darkness and distress;light will be obscured by clouds.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.5.30.1">A</a></blockquote> <section id="footnotes-Isaiah.5" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.5.7.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.7">5:7</a> Lit man</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.5.10.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.10">5:10</a> Lit ten-yoke</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.5.10.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.10">5:10</a> Lit one bath</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.5.10.3"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.10">5:10</a> Lit one homer</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.5.10.4"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.10">5:10</a> Lit yield an ephah</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.5.13.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.13">5:13</a> Lit its</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.5.17.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.17">5:17</a> Syr reads graze in</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.5.17.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.17">5:17</a> LXX reads sheep</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.5.21.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.21">5:21</a> Lit and clever before their face</aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.5.30.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.30">5:30</a> Lit its clouds</aside> <section id="cross-references-Isaiah.5" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.1.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.1">5:1</a> Ps 80:8; Jr 12:10; Mt 21:33; Lk 20:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.2.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.2">5:2</a> Jr 2:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.2.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.2">5:2</a> Is 40:31</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.2.3"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.2">5:2</a> Mt 21:19; Mk 11:13; Lk 13:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.4.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.4">5:4</a> Mc 6:3–4; Mt 23:37</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.5.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.5">5:5</a> Ps 89:40; Jr 5:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.5.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.5">5:5</a> Ps 80:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.6.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.6">5:6</a> 2Ch 36:19–21; Is 7:19–25; 24:1,3; 27:2–6; Jr 25:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.6.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.6">5:6</a> Gn 3:18; Is 7:23–25; 9:18; 10:17; 27:4; 32:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.7.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.7">5:7</a> Ps 80:8–11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.8.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.8">5:8</a> Jr 22:13–17; Mc 2:2; Hab 2:9–12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.9.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.9">5:9</a> Am 3:10,15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.11.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.11">5:11</a> Lv 10:9; Nm 6:3; Dt 29:6; Jdg 13:4; Is 5:22; 24:9; 28:7; 56:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.12.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.12">5:12</a> Dt 32:4; Jb 34:27; 36:24; Ps 28:5; 44:1; 64:9–10</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.12.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.12">5:12</a> Ex 32:16; 34:10; Ps 8:3,6; 19:1; 92:4–5; Is 10:12; 29:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.13.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.13">5:13</a> Is 1:3; 27:11; Hs 4:6; Lk 11:52; 19:42; 1Tm 1:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.14.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.14">5:14</a> Pr 30:16; Hab 2:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.15.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.15">5:15</a> Is 2:9,11,17; 10:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.16.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.16">5:16</a> Is 33:5,10</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.16.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.16">5:16</a> Is 6:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.16.3"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.16">5:16</a> Is 8:13; 29:23; 1Pt 3:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.17.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.17">5:17</a> Mc 2:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.18.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.18">5:18</a> Pr 5:22; Is 59:4–8; Jr 23:10–14</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.19.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.19">5:19</a> Jb 38:2; 42:3; Ps 33:11; 106:13; 107:11; Pr 19:21; Is 14:26; 19:17; 46:10–11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.19.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.19">5:19</a> Is 1:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.20.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.20">5:20</a> Pr 17:15; Am 5:7; Mal 2:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.21.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.21">5:21</a> Pr 3:7; Rm 12:16; 1Co 3:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.22.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.22">5:22</a> Is 5:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.23.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.23">5:23</a> Ex 23:8; Pr 17:15; Is 1:23; 33:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.24.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.24">5:24</a> Is 8:6; 30:9,12; Am 2:4; Ac 13:41</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.24.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.24">5:24</a> Is 5:19; Jr 51:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.25.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.25">5:25</a> Nm 11:10,33; 32:10–13; Dt 6:15; Jos 7:1; 23:16; 2Kg 13:3; Ps 106:40</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.25.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.25">5:25</a> Am 1:1; Zch 14:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.25.3"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.25">5:25</a> Is 9:12,17,21; 10:4; 14:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.26.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.26">5:26</a> Is 10:5; 11:10,12; 13:2; 18:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.26.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.26">5:26</a> Is 7:18; Zch 10:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.27.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.27">5:27</a> 1Jn 2:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.29.1"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.29">5:29</a> Jdg 14:5; Hs 13:8; Jl 1:6; Nah 2:12–13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.5.29.2"><a href="#start-Isaiah.5.29">5:29</a> Rv 9:17</aside> <section id="study-notes-Isaiah.5" class="snSection"> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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