Justify the wicked for reward; not by mistake or incogitancy, but wilfully for bribes. Take away the righteousness of the righteous from him, to wit, juridically; they pronounce sentence against him, as if he and his cause were unjust.
Verse Isaiah 5:23. _THE RIGHTEOUS_] צדיק _tsaddik_, singular, _Sept._ _Vulg_., and two editions....
WHICH JUSTIFY - This refers, doubtless, to magistrates. They gave unjust decisions. FOR REWARD - For bribes. AND TAKE AWAY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS - That is, they do not decide the cause in favor of those...
CHAPTER 5 The Song of the Vineyard and the Six Woes 1. _The song of the vineyard and Jehovah's lament (Isaiah 5:1)_ 2. _The judgment upon the vineyard (Isaiah 5:5)_ 3. _The wild grapes (Isaiah 5:8)_...
A SERIES OF DENUNCIATIONS ON VARIOUS OFFENDERS. This section contains a collection of Woes, originally independent and even now not woven into a single symmetrical address. Whether they come from diff...
THE WICKED. a lawless one. Hebrew. _rasha'._ REWARD. a bribe, THE RIGHTEOUS. righteous ones. HIM. them....
WOE UNTO THEM THAT ARE MIGHTY TO DRINK WINE— This troop of vices is closed by drunkenness, joined with injustice and iniquity in judgment. This crime is distinct from that luxury and intemperance in f...
THE WOES OF APPLICATION TEXT: Isaiah 5:8-23 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land ! 9 In...
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 cor...
1-24. Judah, God's unfruitful vineyard, and the judgment upon it....
Bribery and injustice. 25-30. The position of these vv. is doubtful. Very probably they should be connected with the prophecy, Isaiah 9:8 to Isaiah 10:4. In that section the closing words of Isaiah 5:...
And they even consider that they are above the laws of their country. GOD’S JUDGEMENT V24 Therefore wicked people will disappear like straw on fire. They will vanish like flowers that die. Dead flo...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 5 Chapter 5 begins with a parable (a story with a double mean...
מַצְדִּיקֵ֥י רָשָׁ֖ע עֵ֣קֶב שֹׁ֑חַד וְ צִדְקַ֥ת...
CHAPTER III THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD, OR TRUE PATRIOTISM THE CONSCIENCE OF OUR COUNTRY'S SINS 735 B.C. Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 9:8 - Isaiah 10:4 THE prophecy contained in these Chapter s belongs, as we...
WARNING AGAINST PRIDE, INTEMPERANCE, AND CORRUPTION Isaiah 5:18-30 The wild grapes of Judah are here continued: blind atheism, Isaiah 5:18-20; proud self-conceit, Isaiah 5:21; drunkenness, Isaiah 5:...
With the thought of judgment, and the necessity for it still in mind, the prophet utters his great denunciation. This falls into three parts. The first is a song of accusation. By the simple and famil...
_Justice. Declaring the righteous guilty, ver. 20. (Haydock)_...
Here are accounts of still increasing wickedness, and woes of still increasing misery. Reader, in the present Christ despising generation, doth not the prophet's representation suit, as though written...
23._Who justify the wicked for a reward. _He censures a corruption which at that time abounded in judgment-seats, and points out the reason why there is no room for justice in these places, namely, th...
After this the Spirit of God begins to plead with the people, taking two distinct grounds-namely, that which God had done for His people, and the coming of Jehovah in the Person of Christ in glory. Ha...
WHICH JUSTIFY THE WICKED FOR REWARD,.... This is either spoken of judges, and civil magistrates, who gave the cause in favour of the wicked, that bribed them, contrary to law, Deuteronomy 16:19 or rat...
_Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!_ Ver. 23. _Which justify the wicked for reward,_] _q.d., _ Woe to such also, for even they both are ab...
which justify the wicked for reward, openly seeking bribes, and, in fulfilling the promises made on the strength of such gifts, TAKE AWAY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS FROM HIM, deciding against...
A SIXFOLD WOE UPON THE JEWISH TRANSGRESSORS...
8-23 Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know w...
Isaiah 5:23 justify H6663 (H8688) wicked H7563 for H6118 bribe H7810 away H5493 (H8686) justice H6666 righteous...
THE SIX WOES OF GOD (ISAIAH 5:8). A series of woes are now declared on the people of Israel because of their various sins. The vineyard had produced smelly grapes, now woe must come on it. They are a...
THE SIXTH WOE (ISAIAH 5:22). Isaiah 5:22 ‘Woe to those who are mighty (men) to drink wine, And strong men (men of strength) to mingle strong drink. Who justify the wicked for a reward, And take a...
CONTENTS: Parable of Jehovah's vineyard and the six woes upon Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God expects vineyard fruit from those who enjoy vineyard privileges, not the mere leaves of profess...
Isaiah 5:1. _My well-beloved;_ the Messiah, who certainly was Lord of the Vineyard, and the men of Judah were his pleasant plants. Psalms 80:14; Ezekiel 17:6; Ho
_Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine. .. which justify the wicked for reward_ WINE-LOVING LAWYERS AND JUDGES Among the men whom Isaiah denounces as the corrupters and destroyers of the societ...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:1 Isaiah’s introductory diagnosis of Judah’s spiritual decline (chs. Isaiah 1:1) concludes with a description of his generation’s apostasy and its consequences. The chapter is...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:18 Isaiah issues four laments (WOE) over God’s people. ⇐ ⇔
WILD GRAPES Isaiah 5:8. _Woe unto them that join house to house, &c._ It is important to remember that this whole chapter constitutes one prophecy. Much of the power of its teaching will be lost, if...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 5:1 ISRAEL REBUKED BY THE PARABLE OF A VINEYARD. This chapter stands in a certain sense alone, neither closely connected with what precedes nor with what follows, excepting that it...
Now in the fifth chapter the Lord takes up the parable of a vineyard in which He likens Judah or Israel, His people, unto a vineyard. Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching...
1 Kings 21:13; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Deuteronomy 16:19; Exodus 23:6;...
Take away — Pronounce sentence against him....