Isaiah 5 (KJV) - 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 afterward, 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 cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. (Isa. 1:8)

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

made.

Heb. hewed.

a winepress.

Isa. 63:2‑3• ²Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
³I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. (Isa. 63:2‑3)

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

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Rev. 14:18‑20• ¹⁸And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
¹⁹And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
²⁰And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. (Rev. 14:18‑20)

he looked.

Isa. 5:7• ⁷For 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. (Isa. 5:7)

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Isa. 1:2‑4,21‑23• ²Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord 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: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
⁴Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
²¹How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
²²Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
²³Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. (Isa. 1:2‑4,21‑23)

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Deut. 32:6• ⁶Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? 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• ³⁴And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. (Matt. 21:34)

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Mark 11:13• ¹³And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. (Mark 11:13)

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

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Luke 13:7• ⁷Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? (Luke 13:7)

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Luke 20:10‑18• ¹⁰And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
¹¹And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
¹²And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
¹³Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see 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 be ours.
¹⁵So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
¹⁶He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
¹⁷And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
¹⁸Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. (Luke 20:10‑18)

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1 Cor. 9:7• ⁷Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not 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 gall, their clusters are bitter:
³³Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. (Deut. 32:32‑33)

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Hos. 10:1• ¹Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. (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.