Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 5:7
Pleasant — In whom God formerly delighted. A cry — From the oppressed, crying to men for help, and to God for vengeance.
Pleasant — In whom God formerly delighted. A cry — From the oppressed, crying to men for help, and to God for vengeance.
Verse Isaiah 5:7. _AND HE LOOKED FOR JUDGMENT_] The _paronomasia_, or play on the words, in this place, is very remarkable; _mishpat, mishpach,_ _tsedakah, tseakah_. There are many examples of it in...
FOR THE VINEYARD ... - This is the application of the parable. God had treated the Jews as a farmer does a vineyard. This was “his” vineyard - the object of his faithful, unceasing care. This was his...
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)_...
THE PARABLE OF THE THANKLESS VINEYARD. Isaiah probably at a vintage festival, when Judæ ans from the country (Isaiah 5:3), as well as the inhabitants of Jerusalem, are present, comes forward as a mins...
THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Isaiah 1:9 and 1 Samuel 1:3. HOUSE OF ISRAEL. Occurs four times in Isaiah, twice before Isaiah 40: (Isaiah 6:7;...
FOR THE VINEYARD, &C.— Or, _Now, the vineyard,_ &c. We have in this verse the interpretation of the preceding parable; first, in general, which the history of the Jewish people, especially in the time...
CHAPTER FIVE C. THE IMPRECATION OF ABANDONMENT Isaiah 5:1-30 1. THE WORDS OF ACCUSATION TEXT: Isaiah 5:1-7 1 Let me sing for my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well-b...
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...
5:7 cry. (c-36) There is an assonance in each set of words, which may be represented in both cases by the similarity of 'right' and 'might.' What is called paronomasia abounds in this book. See ch. 7...
1-24. Judah, God's unfruitful vineyard, and the judgment upon it....
JUDGMENT] i.e. justice. OPPRESSION] perhaps better, 'bloodshed.' A CRY] i.e. of the oppressed. 8-10. Unjust seizure of land resulting in barrenness and want of population....
Like the *vineyard in the story, God’s special people have been a bitter disappointment to him. God now removes all his protection and care. The result is terrible. *SELF-CENTRED PEOPLE V8 *Woe to...
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...
FOR THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD OF HOSTS. — The words remind us of Nathan’s “Thou art the man,” to David (2 Samuel 12:7), and of our Lord’s words in Matthew 21:42. BEHOLD OPPRESSION. — The Hebrew word ca...
כִּ֣י כֶ֜רֶם יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאֹות֙ בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל...
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...
A DISAPPOINTING HARVEST Isaiah 5:1-17 In a picture of great beauty, Isaiah describes a vineyard situated on one of the sunny heights visible from Jerusalem. Every care which an experienced vine-dress...
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...
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 (h) judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold (i) a cry....
_Israel. This comparison is very common, Psalm lxxix. 9., and Matthew xx. 1. (Calmet) --- The preceding parable is explained. (Menochius) --- Cry. For vengeance, Jeremias xii. 8., and Genesis iv. 10.,...
Was not this awful judgment actually inflicted, when Israel became unchurched at the siege of Jerusalem? That it is more than a parable, this passage fully explains. And, therefore, there is no period...
7._Truly the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel. _Hitherto he spoke figuratively; now he shows what is the design of this _song_. Formerly he had threatened judgment against the Jews;...
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...
FOR THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD OF HOSTS IS THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL,.... This is the explication of the parable, or the accommodation and application of it to the people of Israel, by whom are meant the ten...
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. Ver. 7...
_For the vineyard_, &c. Or rather, _Now the vineyard_, as Dr. Waterland renders it: here we have the interpretation of the preceding parable in general. In the subsequent verses the prophet enters int...
THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE VINEYARD...
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel and the men of Judah His pleasant plant, literally, "the plant of His pleasure"; AND HE LOOKED FOR JUDGMENT, that the people would do what...
HIS PLEASANT PLANT: _ Heb._ plant of his pleasures OPPRESSION: _ Heb._ a scab...
1-7 Christ is God's beloved Son, and our beloved Saviour. The care of the Lord over the church of Israel, is described by the management of a vineyard. The advantages of our situation will be brought...
THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD OF HOSTS IS THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, AND THE MEN OF JUDAH HIS PLEASANT PLANT; in whom God formerly delighted to dwell and converse. Compare PROVERBS 8:31 JEREMIAH 31:20. _Behold t...
Isaiah 5:7 vineyard H3754 LORD H3068 hosts H6635 house H1004 Israel H3478 men H376 Judah H3063 pleasant H8191 plant...
GOD'S FRUITLESS VINEYARD (ISAIAH 5:1). In the first few verses we find a song, which was possibly sung by Isaiah at the celebration of the vintage harvest, as he gathered with men who were singing vin...
Isaiah 5:1. _Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My Well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:_ The Song of the Vineyard is by no means a joyful...
Isaiah 5:1. _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:_ You and I, dear friends, are placed in a position w...
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
_Now will I sing to my well-beloved_ HOPES CONCERNING THE VINEYARD The Lord’s hopes and disappointment with His vineyard. (_A. B. Davidson, LL. D._) TRUTH TO BE PRESENTED IN VARIED FORM Aaron’s be...
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 5:7 HE LOOKED FOR JUSTICE, BUT BEHOLD, BLOODSHED; FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT BEHOLD, AN OUTCRY! Sin turns good into evil. ⇐...
ON THE ADVANTAGE OF SMALL ALLOTMENTS OF LAND TO THE POOR Isaiah 5:7. _He looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. Woe unto them that join house to house, and l...
THE PARABLE OF THE VINEYARD Isaiah 5:1. _Now will I sing, &c._ I. THE PRIVILEGES CONFERRED ON THE JEWISH NATION (Isaiah 5:2). It would be vain and useless to attempt, as some have done, to find in th...
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 Corinthians 6:8; 1 John 3:7; 1 John 3:8; Deuteronomy 15:9; Exodus 2: