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width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/isaiah/5.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>God’s Disappointing Vineyard</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-1"><span class="text Isa-5-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now let me sing to my Well-beloved</span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-1">A song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard:</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Isa-5-1">My Well-beloved has a vineyard</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-1"><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>On a very fruitful hill.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He dug it up and cleared out its stones,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-2">And planted it with the choicest vine.</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-2">He built a tower in its midst,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-2">And also <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>made a winepress in it;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-2">So He expected <i>it</i> to bring forth <i>good</i> grapes,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-2">But it brought forth wild grapes.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-3">Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>What more could have been done to My vineyard</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-4">That I have not done in it?</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-4">Why then, when I expected <i>it</i> to bring forth <i>good</i> grapes,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-4">Did it bring forth wild grapes?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard:</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-5">I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-5"><i>And</i> break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I will lay it waste;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-6">It shall not be pruned or <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>dug,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-6">But there shall come up briers and thorns.</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-6">I will also command the clouds</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-6">That they rain no rain on it.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For the vineyard of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts <i>is</i> the house of Israel,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-7">And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-7">He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-7">For righteousness, but behold, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>a cry <i>for help.</i></span></p></div> <h3> Impending Judgment on Excesses</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text Isa-5-8"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Woe to those who <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>join house to house;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-8">They add field to field,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-8">Till <i>there is</i> no place</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-8">Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>In my hearing the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts <i>said,</i></span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-9">“Truly, many houses shall be desolate,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-9">Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath,<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span></span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-10">And a homer of seed shall yield one <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>ephah.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Woe to those who rise early in the morning,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-11"><i>That</i> they may <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>follow intoxicating drink;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-11">Who continue until night, <i>till</i> wine inflames them!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The harp and the strings,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-12">The tambourine and flute,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-12">And wine are in their feasts;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-12">But they do not regard the work of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-12">Nor consider the operation of His hands.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Therefore my people have gone into captivity,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-13">Because <i>they have</i> no knowledge;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-13">Their honorable men <i>are</i> famished,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-13">And their multitude dried up with thirst.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-14">And opened its mouth beyond measure;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-14">Their glory and their multitude and their pomp,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-14">And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>People shall be brought down,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-15">Each man shall be humbled,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-15">And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts shall be exalted in judgment,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-16">And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-17">And in the waste places of the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>fat ones strangers shall eat.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Woe to those who <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span>draw iniquity with cords of <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[k]</a></span>vanity,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-18">And sin as if with a cart rope;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>That say, “Let Him make speed <i>and</i> hasten His work,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-19">That we may see <i>it;</i></span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-19">And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-19">That we may know <i>it.</i>”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-20">Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-20">Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Woe to <i>those who are</i> wise in their own eyes,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-21">And prudent in their own sight!</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-22">Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Who justify the wicked for a bribe,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-23">And take away justice from the righteous man!</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Therefore, as the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[l]</a></span>fire devours the stubble,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-24">And the flame consumes the chaff,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-24"><i>So</i> their root will be as rottenness,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-24">And their blossom will ascend like dust;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-24">Because they have rejected the law of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-24">And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Therefore the anger of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> is aroused against His people;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-25">He has stretched out His hand against them</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-25">And stricken them,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-25">And the hills trembled.</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-25">Their carcasses <i>were</i> as refuse in the midst of the streets.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Isa-5-25">For all this His anger is not turned away,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-25">But His hand <i>is</i> stretched out still.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-26">And will whistle to them from the end of the earth;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-26">Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>No one will be weary or stumble among them,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-27">No one will slumber or sleep;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-27">Nor will the belt on their loins be loosed,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-27">Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Whose arrows <i>are</i> sharp,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-28">And all their bows bent;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-28">Their horses’ hooves will <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[m]</a></span>seem like flint,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-28">And their wheels like a whirlwind.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Their roaring <i>will be</i> like a lion,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-29">They will roar like young lions;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-29">Yes, they will roar</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-29">And lay hold of the prey;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-29">They will carry <i>it</i> away safely,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-29">And no one will deliver.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/5-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>In that day they will roar against them</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-30">Like the roaring of the sea.</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-30">And if <i>one</i> looks to the land,</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-30">Behold, darkness <i>and</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[n]</a></span>sorrow;</span><br /><span class="text Isa-5-30">And the light is darkened by the clouds.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-17741a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:1">Isaiah 5:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>In a horn, the son of fatness</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17742b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:2">Isaiah 5:2</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>hewed out</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17746c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:6">Isaiah 5:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>hoed</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17747d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:7">Isaiah 5:7</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>wailing</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17748e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:8">Isaiah 5:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Accumulate houses</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17750f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:10">Isaiah 5:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'>1 bath=1?10 homer</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17750g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:10">Isaiah 5:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'>1 ephah=1?10 homer</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17751h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:11">Isaiah 5:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>pursue</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17757i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:17">Isaiah 5:17</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>fatlings,</i> rich ones</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17758j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:18">Isaiah 5:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>drag</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17758k"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:18">Isaiah 5:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>emptiness</i> or <i>falsehood</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17764l"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:24">Isaiah 5:24</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>tongue of fire</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17768m"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:28">Isaiah 5:28</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>be regarded as</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17770n"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Isaiah 5:30">Isaiah 5:30</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>distress</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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