Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: IISA. 5:1-30. A new prophecy, entire in itself. Probably delivered about the same time as Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 3:1, in Uzziah's reign. Compare Isaiah 5:15 with ; and... [ Continue Reading ]
And he fenced 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 made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. HE FENCED IT - digged and trenched the ground... [ Continue Reading ]
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. AND NOW, O INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM... judge. Appeal of God to themselves, as in ; . So Jesus Christ, in , alluding in the very form of expression to this, makes them pass sentence on themselves,... [ Continue Reading ]
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? WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE MORE TO MY VINEYARD. God has done all that could be done for the salvation of sinners, consistently with... [ Continue Reading ]
And now go 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 trodden down: NOW GO TO - i:e., attend to me [ naa' (H4994)]: come now, I pray you. I WILL TAKE AWAY THE HEDGE ... (AND)... [ Continue Reading ]
And I 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. I WILL ALSO COMMAND THE CLOUDS THAT THEY RAIN NO RAIN UPON IT. The parable is partly dropped, and Yahweh, as in , is implied to b... [ Continue Reading ]
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is 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. Isaiah here applies the parable. It is no mere human owner, nor a literal vineyard that is meant. FOR TH... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! WOE UNTO THEM THAT JOIN HOUSE TO HOUSE ... FIELD TO FIELD - (Leviticus 25:13-3; Micah 2:2) The jubilee restoration of possessions was intended as a gu... [ Continue Reading ]
In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. Irony. They shall get their wish, in the sense that survivors shall be 'alone in the midst of the land,' for the land and the houses, however 'many' they be, shall be "without i... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. TEN ACRES - literally, yokes as much as one yoke of oxen could plow in a day. SHALL YIELD ONE - only. BATH - of wine; seven and a half gallons. THE SEED OF AN HOMER SHALL YIELD AN EPHAH. Eight b... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! WOE UNTO THEM THAT RISE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING (THAT) THEY MAY FOLLOW STRONG DRINK - when it was regarded especially shameful to drink (Acts 2:15; 1 Thessalonia... [ Continue Reading ]
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. AND THE HARP - kinowr (H3658 ). Music was common at ancient feasts (Isaiah 24:8; Amos 6:5). AND THE HARP - kinowr (H3658 ). Musi... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. THEREFORE MY PEOPLE ARE GONE INTO CAPTIVITY - the prophet sees the future as if it were before his eyes. BECAUSE (THEY HAVE) NO KNOWLEDG... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THEREFORE HELL - the grave; Hebrew, Shª'owl (H7585); Greek, Hadees (G86), the unseen world of spirits. Not here the place o... [ Continue Reading ]
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: AND THE MEAN MAN (HEBREW, 'aadaam (H120 )) SHALL BE BROUGHT DOWN AND THE MIGHTY MAN ( 'iysh (H376 )) SHALL BE HUMBLED. Compare Isaiah 2:9; Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:17. All ranks,... [ Continue Reading ]
But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. BUT THE LORD OF HOSTS SHALL BE EXALTED IN JUDGMENT. God shall be "exalted" in man's view, because of His manifestation of His "justice" in punishing the guilty. AND GOD, THAT IS HOLY,... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. THEN SHALL THE LAMBS FEED AFTER THEIR MANNER - kªdaabªraam (H1699); literally, according to their own word, i:e., at will. Otherwise, as in their own pasture (Gesenius); so the Hebrew, in Mica... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: WOE UNTO THEM THAT DRAW INIQUITY - guilt, incurring punishment. The third woe-against obstinate perseverance in sin, as if they wished to provoke divine judgments. WITH CORDS OF VANITY, AND SIN AS IT WE... [ Continue Reading ]
That say, Let 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! THAT SAY, LET HIM MAKE SPEED, (AND) HASTEN HIS WORK - vengeance (). Language of defiance to God. So Lamech's boast of impunity (: cf. ; 2... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto 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! WOE UNTO THEM THAT CALL EVIL GOOD, AND GOOD EVIL. Fourth woe against those who confound the distinctions of right and wrong. Compare Romans 1:28... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! WOE UNTO (THEM THAT ARE) WISE IN THEIR OWN EYES, AND PRUDENT IN THEIR OWN SIGHT. Fifth woe against those who were so "wise in their own eyes" as to think they knew better than the prophet, and who therefore rejected h... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: WOE UNTO (THEM THAT ARE) MIGHTY TO DRINK WINE ... WHICH JUSTIFY THE WICKED FOR REWARD. Sixth woe against corrupt judges, who, "mighty" in drinking "wine" (a boast still not uncommon), if not in defending the... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore as the fire devoureth 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. THEREFORE, AS THE FIRE DEVOURETH... [ Continue Reading ]
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 did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out stil... [ Continue Reading ]
And he 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: HE WILL LIFT UP AN ENSIGN TO THE NATIONS FROM FAR - to call together the hostile nations to execute his judgments on Judea (Isaiah 10:5; ). B... [ Continue Reading ]
None shall 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: NONE SHALL BE WEARY - with long marches (). NONE SHALL SLUMBER - requiring little or no rest: so energetic shall they be in the... [ Continue Reading ]
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: ALL THEIR BOWS BENT - ready for battle. THEIR HORSES' HOOFS ... FLINT. The ancients did not shoe their horses; hence, the value of hard hoofs for long marches.... [ Continue Reading ]
Their roaring 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. THEIR ROARING - their battle-cry.... [ Continue Reading ]
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. SORROW, AND THE LIGHT IS DARKENED - otherwise, distress and light (i:e., hope and fear) alternately succeed (as u... [ Continue Reading ]