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Those who are great and honored will starve, and the common people will die of thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; their honored men go hungry, and their multitude is parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because <i>they have</i> no knowledge: and their honourable men <i>are</i> famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore my people have gone into captivity, Because <i>they have</i> no knowledge; Their honorable men <i>are</i> famished, And their multitude dried up with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge; And their nobles are famished, And their multitude is parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge; And their honorable men are famished, And their multitude is parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge; And their honorable men are famished, And their multitude is parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge; And their honorable men are famished, And their multitude is parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore My people go into exile because they lack knowledge [of God]; And their honorable men are famished, And their common people are parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my people will go into exile because they lack knowledge; her dignitaries are starving, and her masses are parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore My people will go into exile because they lack knowledge; her dignitaries are starving, and her masses are parched with thirst. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge; and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and so his people know nothing about him. That's why many of you will be dragged off to foreign lands. Your leaders will starve to death, and everyone else will suffer from thirst. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Therefore my people are gone into captivity, for lack of knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"My people will go into exile because they don't understand what I'm doing. Honored men will starve, and common people will be parched with thirst."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and so you will be carried away as prisoners. Your leaders will starve to death, and the common people will die of thirst. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore my people go into exile because they lack understanding; my honored men go hungry, and the crowd is parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore my people removed without knowledge, "" And its honorable ones are famished, "" And its multitude dried up of thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore my people removed without knowledge, And its honourable ones are famished, And its multitude dried up of thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this my people were carried into exile from not knowing; and their honor, men of famine, and their multitude dry with thirst.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore is my people led away captive, because they had not knowledge, and their nobles have perished with famine, and their multitude were dried up with thirst. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Because of this, my people have been led away as captives, for they did not have knowledge, and their nobles have passed away from famine, and their multitudes have dried up from thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my people go into exile for lack of understanding, Its nobles starving, its masses parched with thirst. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore my people go into exile without knowledge; their nobles are dying of hunger, and their multitude is parched with thirst.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their dead are multiplied because of the famine, and have been overcome with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of this, my people have been taken captive from lack of knowledge, and their dead have increased from famine and they are overcome from thirst<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore My people are gone into captivity, For want of knowledge; And their honourable men are famished, And their multitude are parched with thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore my people have been taken captive, because they know not the Lord: and there has been a multitude of dead <i>bodies</i>, because of hunger and of thirst for water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/5-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=994" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/5.htm">Woes to the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">My people</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: gā·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">will go into exile</a> <a href="/hebrew/1097.htm" title="1097: mib·bə·lî- (Prep-m:: Adv) -- From balah; properly, failure, i.e. Nothing or destruction; usually without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.">for their lack</a> <a href="/hebrew/1847.htm" title="1847: ḏā·‘aṯ (N-fs) -- Knowledge. From yada'; knowledge.">of understanding;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3519.htm" title="3519: ū·ḵə·ḇō·w·ḏōw (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Rarely kabod; from kabad; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.">their dignitaries</a> <a href="/hebrew/4962.htm" title="4962: mə·ṯê (N-mpc) -- Male, man. From the same as mathay; properly, an adult; by implication, a man."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7458.htm" title="7458: rā·‘āḇ (N-ms) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">are starving</a> <a href="/hebrew/1995.htm" title="1995: wa·hă·mō·w·nōw (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A sound, murmur, roar, crowd, abundance. Or hamon; from hamah; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth.">and their masses</a> <a href="/hebrew/6704.htm" title="6704: ṣi·ḥêh (Adj-msc) -- Parched. From an unused root meaning to glow; parched.">are parched</a> <a href="/hebrew/6772.htm" title="6772: ṣā·mā (N-ms) -- Thirst. From tsame'; thirst.">with thirst.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a></span><br />My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Jeremiah 4:22</a></span><br />“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Lamentations 2:14</a></span><br />The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-11.htm">Amos 8:11-12</a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. / People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-13.htm">2 Kings 17:13-14</a></span><br />Yet through all His prophets and seers, the LORD warned Israel and Judah, saying, “Turn from your wicked ways and keep My commandments and statutes, according to the entire Law that I commanded your fathers and delivered to you through My servants the prophets.” / But they would not listen, and they stiffened their necks like their fathers, who did not believe the LORD their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-4.htm">Jeremiah 5:4</a></span><br />Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/39-23.htm">Ezekiel 39:23-24</a></span><br />And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword. / I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and transgressions, and I hid My face from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-3.htm">2 Chronicles 15:3</a></span><br />For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Jeremiah 8:7</a></span><br />Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-4.htm">Hosea 5:4</a></span><br />Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a></span><br />Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-22</a></span><br />For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">1 Corinthians 1:18-21</a></span><br />For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. / For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.” / Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm">Ephesians 4:18</a></span><br />They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-7.htm">2 Timothy 3:7</a></span><br />who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.</p><p class="hdg">my people</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Isaiah 1:7</a></b></br> Your country <i>is</i> desolate, your cities <i>are</i> burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and <i>it is</i> desolate, as overthrown by strangers.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/42-22.htm">Isaiah 42:22-25</a></b></br> But this <i>is</i> a people robbed and spoiled; <i>they are</i> all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a></b></br> In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor <i>by</i> the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.</p><p class="hdg">because</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm">Isaiah 1:3</a></b></br> The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: <i>but</i> Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/27-11.htm">Isaiah 27:11</a></b></br> When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, <i>and</i> set them on fire: for it <i>is</i> a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-7.htm">Jeremiah 8:7</a></b></br> Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">honourable men are famished.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm">Jeremiah 14:18</a></b></br> If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/4-4.htm">Lamentations 4:4,5,9</a></b></br> The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, <i>and</i> no man breaketh <i>it</i> unto them… </p><p class="hdg">multitude</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Jeremiah 14:3</a></b></br> And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, <i>and</i> found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/8-13.htm">Amos 8:13</a></b></br> In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/1-27.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-5.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-5.htm">Die</a> <a href="/psalms/106-9.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-30.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/job/29-13.htm">Dying</a> <a href="/esther/2-6.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/psalms/105-16.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-7.htm">Famished</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-7.htm">Feasters</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-7.htm">Food</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-5.htm">Honorable</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-18.htm">Honored</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-5.htm">Honourable</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-21.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/9-8.htm">Lack</a> <a href="/proverbs/24-11.htm">Led</a> <a href="/job/38-38.htm">Masses</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-21.htm">Multitudes</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-20.htm">Need</a> <a href="/psalms/143-6.htm">Parched</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-14.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-3.htm">Rank</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-14.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-6.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-21.htm">Thirst</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-3.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/songs/8-4.htm">Want</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-19.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-1.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/20-4.htm">Captivity</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">Countries</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-2.htm">Die</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-6.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-24.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-14.htm">Dying</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-21.htm">Exile</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-30.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Famished</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Feasters</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-17.htm">Food</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Honorable</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Honored</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Honourable</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-8.htm">Hunger</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-11.htm">Lack</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-13.htm">Led</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Masses</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm">Multitude</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-20.htm">Multitudes</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-21.htm">Need</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-5.htm">Parched</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-4.htm">Prisoners</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Rank</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-12.htm">Removed</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-13.htm">Rulers</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-1.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-8.htm">Thirst</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Understanding</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-16.htm">Want</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-19.htm">Water</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">His judgments upon covetousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Upon lasciviousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-13.htm">Upon impiety</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">And upon injustice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">The executioners of God's judgments</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "exile" refers to the Babylonian captivity, a significant event in Jewish history where the Israelites were taken from their homeland due to their persistent idolatry and failure to heed God's commands. The "lack of understanding" indicates a failure to recognize and follow God's laws and prophets. This theme of exile as a result of disobedience is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-23</a>, where the reasons for Israel's downfall are detailed. The exile serves as both a punishment and a means of purification, preparing the way for eventual restoration, a theme that is also seen in the New Testament with the concept of spiritual exile and redemption through Christ.<p><b>their dignitaries are starving</b><br>The "dignitaries" or leaders of the people, who were expected to guide and protect the nation, are depicted as starving. This can be understood both literally and metaphorically. Literally, the siege and subsequent exile would lead to physical deprivation. Metaphorically, it reflects a spiritual starvation due to the leaders' failure to seek and impart God's wisdom. This mirrors the warnings given in <a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a>, where a lack of knowledge leads to destruction. The leaders' failure to provide spiritual nourishment results in their own downfall, emphasizing the responsibility of leadership in maintaining faithfulness to God.<p><b>and their masses are parched with thirst.</b><br>The "masses" or common people suffer from thirst, symbolizing a deep spiritual need that is unmet due to the nation's collective disobedience. This thirst can be seen as a longing for truth and righteousness, which is not satisfied because of the people's estrangement from God. In a broader biblical context, thirst is often used to describe a yearning for God, as seen in <a href="/psalms/42.htm">Psalm 42:1-2</a>. The imagery of thirst also points forward to the New Testament, where Jesus offers Himself as the living water (<a href="/john/4-14.htm">John 4:14</a>), providing eternal satisfaction to those who believe in Him. This connection underscores the ultimate fulfillment of spiritual needs through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which Isaiah addresses. The people of Judah are warned of impending judgment due to their disobedience and lack of understanding.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/exile.htm">Exile</a></b><br>A significant event in Israel's history, where the people were taken captive and removed from their land due to their unfaithfulness to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/dignitaries.htm">Dignitaries</a></b><br>The leaders and nobles of Judah, who are described as starving, indicating a failure in leadership and provision.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/masses.htm">Masses</a></b><br>The general population of Judah, who are described as parched with thirst, symbolizing spiritual and physical deprivation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_ignorance.htm">The Consequences of Ignorance</a></b><br>Ignorance of God's laws and principles leads to spiritual and physical consequences. Just as Judah faced exile, we too can face separation from God's blessings when we lack understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a></b><br>Leaders have a responsibility to guide with wisdom and understanding. The starvation of Judah's dignitaries serves as a warning to those in positions of authority to seek God's wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_thirst_and_hunger.htm">Spiritual Thirst and Hunger</a></b><br>The imagery of thirst and hunger reflects a deeper spiritual need. We must seek to satisfy our spiritual hunger with God's Word and presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_knowledge.htm">The Importance of Knowledge</a></b><br>Knowledge of God and His Word is essential for a thriving spiritual life. We are called to pursue understanding diligently to avoid the pitfalls of ignorance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>While judgment is pronounced, there is always an opportunity for repentance and restoration. Turning back to God can restore what was lost due to ignorance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_external_records_verify_isaiah_5_13-14.htm">Isaiah 5:13–14: Can we verify from external records that the people’s captivity was a direct result of their ignorance, as stated? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_anoint_a_pagan_king_in_isaiah_45_13.htm">Why would a just God, in Isaiah 45:13, anoint a pagan king to fulfill His purposes instead of using a faithful Israelite?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_claim_god_gathers_outcasts_if_no_event.htm">Why does Micah 4:6-7 claim God will gather the lame and outcasts if no recorded mass restoration event for these groups exists?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_archeological_proof_of_isaiah_43_5.htm">Does Isaiah 43:5's promise of gathering exiles have archeological support for a mass return in that era?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">My people are gone into captivity.</span>--The great captivity of Judah lay as yet far off, but the prophet may be speaking of it as already present in his vision of the future. Probably, however, the disastrous wars of Ahaz had involved many captures of the kind referred to (<a href="/2_chronicles/28-5.htm" title="Why the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.">2Chronicles 28:5</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/28-8.htm" title="And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.">2Chronicles 28:8</a>; <a href="/context/2_chronicles/28-17.htm" title="For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.">2Chronicles 28:17-18</a>).<p><span class= "bld">Because they have no knowledge.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">and they knew not</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>did not foresee that this must be the outcome of their conduct. The "honourable men" and the "multitude" are named as representing all classes of society.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Therefore my people are gone into captivity</span>. "Are gone" or "have gone" is "the perfect of prophetic certainty" (Cheyne). The prophet sees the captivity as a thing that had already taken place. It as an appropriate punishment for drunkenness and revelry to be carried off into servitude, and in that condition to suffer, as slaves so often did, hunger and thirst. <span class="cmt_word">Because they have no knowledge</span>; or, <span class="accented">unawares</span>, <span class="accented">without foreseeing it</span> (so Rosenmüller, Gesenius, Ewald, Delitzsch, Cheyne). <span class="cmt_word">Their honorable men</span>; literally, <span class="accented">their glory</span>, for "their glorious ones" - the abstract for the concrete. <span class="cmt_word">Are famished</span>; literally, <span class="accented">sons of famine</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "starvelings." <span class="cmt_word">Their multitude</span>; or, <span class="accented">their noisy crowd</span> (Kay) - the "throng of voluptuaries" who frequented the great banquets of vers. 11, 12. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/5-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Therefore</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֵ֛ן</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will go into exile</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּלָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(gā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1540.htm">Strong's 1540: </a> </span><span class="str2">To denude, to exile, to reveal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for their lack</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבְּלִי־</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bə·lî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> </span><span class="str2">Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of understanding;</span><br /><span class="heb">דָ֑עַת</span> <span class="translit">(ḏā·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1847.htm">Strong's 1847: </a> </span><span class="str2">Knowledge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their dignitaries</span><br /><span class="heb">וּכְבוֹדוֹ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḵə·ḇō·w·ḏōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3519.htm">Strong's 3519: </a> </span><span class="str2">Weight, splendor, copiousness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are starving,</span><br /><span class="heb">רָעָ֔ב</span> <span class="translit">(rā·‘āḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> </span><span class="str2">Famine, hunger</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and their masses</span><br /><span class="heb">וַהֲמוֹנ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(wa·hă·mō·w·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1995.htm">Strong's 1995: </a> </span><span class="str2">A noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are parched</span><br /><span class="heb">צִחֵ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣi·ḥêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6704.htm">Strong's 6704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Parched</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with thirst.</span><br /><span class="heb">צָמָֽא׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·mā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6772.htm">Strong's 6772: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thirst</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/5-13.htm">Isaiah 5:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/5-13.htm">Isaiah 5:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/5-13.htm">Isaiah 5:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/5-13.htm">Isaiah 5:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/5-13.htm">Isaiah 5:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/5-13.htm">Isaiah 5:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/5-13.htm">Isaiah 5:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/5-13.htm">Isaiah 5:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/5-13.htm">Isaiah 5:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/5-13.htm">Isaiah 5:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/5-13.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 5:13 Therefore my people go into captivity (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/5-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 5:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 5:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/5-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 5:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 5:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>