Isaiah 5 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

the choicest vine.{Sorek,} in Arabic, {sharik,} certainly denotes an excellent vine; but some with Bp. Lowth, retain it as a proper name. Sorek was a valley lying between Askelon and Gaza, so called from the excellence of its vines.

Judg. 16:4• ⁴And it came to pass afterwards that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. (Judg. 16:4)

and built.

Isa. 1:8• ⁸And the daughter of Zion is left, as a booth in a vineyard, as a night-lodge in a cucumber-garden, as a besieged city. (Isa. 1:8)

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Mic. 4:8• ⁸And thou, O tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the first dominion shall come,--the kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem. (Mic. 4:8)

made.

Heb. hewed.

a winepress.

Isa. 63:2‑3• ²--Wherefore is redness in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winevat?
³I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the peoples not a man was with me; and I have trodden them in mine anger, and trampled them in my fury; and their blood is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have stained all mine apparel. (Isa. 63:2‑3)

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Neh. 13:15• ¹⁵In those days I saw in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading them on asses; as also wine, grapes and figs, and all manner of burdens; and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day; and I protested in the day on which they sold the victuals. (Neh. 13:15)

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Rev. 14:18‑20• ¹⁸And another angel came out of the altar, having power over fire, and called with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Send thy sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripened.
¹⁹And the angel put his sickle to the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast the bunches into the great wine-press of the fury of God;
²⁰and the wine-press was trodden without the city, and blood went out of the wine-press to the bits of the horses for a thousand six hundred stadia. (Rev. 14:18‑20)

he looked.

Isa. 5:7• ⁷For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry. (Isa. 5:7)

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Isa. 1:2‑4,21‑23• ²Hear, ye heavens, and give ear, thou earth! for Jehovah hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children; and they have rebelled against me.
³The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; Israel doth not know, my people hath no intelligence.
⁴Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that corrupt themselves! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are turned away backward.
²¹How is the faithful city become a harlot! It was full of judgment; righteousness used to lodge in it, but now murderers.
²²Thy silver is become dross, thy wine is mixed with water:
²³thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth presents, and hunteth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, and the cause of the widow cometh not unto them. (Isa. 1:2‑4,21‑23)

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Deut. 32:6• ⁶Do ye thus requite Jehovah, Foolish and unwise people? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee and established thee? (Deut. 32:6)

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Matt. 21:34• ³⁴But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits. (Matt. 21:34)

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Mark 11:13• ¹³And seeing from afar off a fig-tree which had leaves, he came, if perhaps he might find something on it. And having come up to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the time of figs. (Mark 11:13)

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Mark 12:2• ²And he sent a bondman to the husbandmen at the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. (Mark 12:2)

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Luke 13:7• ⁷And he said to the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down; why does it also render the ground useless? (Luke 13:7)

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Luke 20:10‑18• ¹⁰And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent him away empty.
¹¹And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent him away empty.
¹²And again he sent a third; and they, having wounded him also, cast him out.
¹³And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see him they will respect him.
¹⁴But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.
¹⁵And having cast him forth out of the vineyard, they killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them?
¹⁶He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be!
¹⁷But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone?
¹⁸Every one falling on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder. (Luke 20:10‑18)

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1 Cor. 9:7• ⁷Who ever carries on war at his own charges? who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? or who herds a flock and does not eat of the milk of the flock? (1 Cor. 9:7)

wild grapes.

Deut. 32:32‑33• ³²For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of poison, Bitter are their clusters;
³³Their wine is the poison of dragons, And the cruel venom of vipers. (Deut. 32:32‑33)

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Hos. 10:1• ¹Israel is an unpruned vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly statues. (Hos. 10:1)

• The law, given through Moses, had fenced them about, so as to protect them from contamination from outside, if they had observed it. (“Isaiah 5” by F.B. Hole)

• They were a “choicest vine”, for they had descended from Abraham, one of God’s choicest saints. (“Isaiah 5” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

And he dug it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.