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Isaiah 5

Isa. 5:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For the vineyard
kerem (Hebrew #3754)
a garden or vineyard
KJV usage: vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also 1021.
Pronounce: keh'-rem
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
of hosts
tsaba' (Hebrew #6635)
from 6633; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
KJV usage: appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare).
Pronounce: tsaw-baw'
Origin: or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}
is the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, and the men
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
his βpleasant
sha`shua` (Hebrew #8191)
enjoyment
KJV usage: delight, pleasure.
Pronounce: shah-shoo'-ah
Origin: from 8173
plant
neta` (Hebrew #5194)
a plant; collectively, a plantation; abstractly, a planting
KJV usage: plant.
Pronounce: neh'-tah
Origin: from 5193
: and he looked
qavah (Hebrew #6960)
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
KJV usage: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Pronounce: kaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
for judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
, but behold γoppression
mispach (Hebrew #4939)
slaughter
KJV usage: oppression.
Pronounce: mis-pawkh'
Origin: from 5596
; for righteousness
tsdaqah (Hebrew #6666)
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
KJV usage: justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
Pronounce: tsed-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 6663
, but behold a cry
tsa`aqah (Hebrew #6818)
a shriek
KJV usage: cry(-ing).
Pronounce: tsah-ak-aw'
Origin: from 6817
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β
plant of his pleasures.
γ
a scab.

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House,
Husbandman,
Israel,
Judah,
Lord of Hosts,
Righteousness,
Vineyard

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the vineyard.
Psa. 80:8‑11,15• 8A vine out of Egypt thou broughtest;{HR}Thou didst drive out nations, and didst plant it.
 9Thou preparedst [space] before it,{HR}And it took deep root and filled the land.
 10Mountains were covered with its shadow,{HR}And its boughs [were] cedars of God .
 11It sent out its branches unto the sea,{HR}And its shoots unto the river.
 15Even the stock which thy right hand planted,{HR}And the plant (son) thou madest strong for thyself. (Psa. 80:8‑11,15)
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Jer. 12:10• 10Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness, (Jer. 12:10)
his pleasant plant.
Heb. plant of his pleasures.
Isa. 62:5• 5For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, shall thy sons marry thee; and with the joy of the bridegroom over the bride shall thy God rejoice over thee. (Isa. 62:5)
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Psa. 147:11• 11Jehovah taketh pleasure in those fearing him,{HR}In those hoping in his mercy. (Psa. 147:11)
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Psa. 149:4• 4For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people;{HR}He honoureth the meek with salvation. (Psa. 149:4)
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Song of Sol. 7:6• 6How fair and how pleasant [art] thou, love, in delights! (Song of Sol. 7:6)
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Zeph. 3:17• 17Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. (Zeph. 3:17)
he looked.
Isa. 5:2• 2and he dug it up, 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 a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. (Isa. 5:2)
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Isa. 58:6‑8• 6[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
 7[Is it] not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor wanderers to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
 8Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearward. (Isa. 58:6‑8)
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Ex. 22:22‑27• 22{i}Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.{/i}
 23{i}If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;{/i}
 24{i}and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.{/i}
 25{i}—If thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest.{/i}
 26{i}—If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down;{/i}
 27{i}for that is his only covering, his garment for his skin: on what shall he lie down? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.{/i} (Ex. 22:22‑27)
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Mic. 6:8• 8He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Mic. 6:8)
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Zech. 7:9‑14• 9{i}Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying,{/i} Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother,
 10{i}and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.{/i}
 11{i}But they refused to hearken, and turned a rebellious shoulder, and made their ears heavy, that they should not hear.{/i}
 12{i}And they made their heart as an adamant, that they should not hear the law, and the words that Jehovah of hosts sent by his Spirit by the hand of the former prophets: therefore was there great wrath from Jehovah of hosts.{/i}
 13{i}And it came to pass, like as he called, and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, saith Jehovah of hosts;{/i}
 14{i}and I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not, and the land was desolate after them, so that no one passed through nor returned; and they laid the pleasant land desolate.{/i} (Zech. 7:9‑14)
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Matt. 3:8‑10• 8{i}Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance.{/i}
 9{i}And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.{/i}
 10{i}And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.{/i} (Matt. 3:8‑10)
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Matt. 23:23• 23{i}Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.{/i} (Matt. 23:23)
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John 15:2• 2Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he taketh it away; and every one that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. (John 15:2)
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1 Cor. 6:8‑11• 8But ye do wrong and defraud, and this brethren.
 9What! know ye not that unjust [men] shall not inherit God's kingdom? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor abusers of themselves as women, nor abusers of themselves with men,
 10nor rapacious, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit God's kingdom.
 11And these things were some of you. But ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus [Christ] and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:8‑11)
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1 John 3:7‑8• 7Dear children, let no one lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous.
 8He that doeth sin is of the devil, for from [the] beginning the devil sinneth. To this end was manifested the Son of God that he might undo the works of the devil. (1 John 3:7‑8)
but.The paronomasia, or play of words, is very remarkable here: he looked for {mishpat,} "judgment," but behold {mispach,} "oppression;" for {tzedakah,} "justice," but behold {tzëdkah,} "a cry."oppression.
Heb. a scab.
Isa. 1:6• 6From the sole of the foot even unto the head, there is no soundness in it : wounds, and weals, and open sores — they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil. (Isa. 1:6)
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Isa. 3:17• 17therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will discover their secret parts. (Isa. 3:17)
a cry.
Gen. 4:10• 10And he said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. (Gen. 4:10)
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Ex. 2:23‑24• 23And it came to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
 24And God heard their groaning; and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. (Ex. 2:23‑24)
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Ex. 3:7• 7And Jehovah said, Seeing I have seen the affliction of my people that [are] in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; (Ex. 3:7)
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Ex. 22:21‑24,27• 21{i}Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.{/i}
 22{i}Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.{/i}
 23{i}If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;{/i}
 24{i}and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.{/i}
 27{i}for that is his only covering, his garment for his skin: on what shall he lie down? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.{/i} (Ex. 22:21‑24,27)
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Deut. 15:9• 9{i}Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.{/i} (Deut. 15:9)
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Neh. 5:1‑5• 1{i}And there was a great{/i} cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
 2{i}And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.{/i}
 3{i}And there were that said,{/i} We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards and houses that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
 4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
 5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters {i}to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in the power of our hand to redeem them, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.{/i} (Neh. 5:1‑5)
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Job 31:38‑39• 38If my land cry out against me,{HR}And its furrows weep together,
 39If its strength I consumed without wrong,{HR}And caused the soul of its owners to expire, (Job 31:38‑39)
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Job 34:28• 28So that the cry of the poor should come to him,{HR}And the cry of the oppressed he heareth. (Job 34:28)
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Prov. 21:13• 13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,{HR}He also shall cry, and not be heard. (Prov. 21:13)
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Luke 18:7• 7And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them. (Luke 18:7)
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James 5:4• 4Behold, the hire of the labourers who reaped your fields, that is kept back of you crieth out, and the cries of those that reaped entered into the ears of Jehovah of hosts. (James 5:4)
• Result there was, but of a wholly worthless and evil sort. Where judgment should have been, oppression was found: where righteousness, only a cry of distress. Once again we have to notice that the charge against them concerns moral depravity rather than lack of ceremonial observances. (“Isaiah 5” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For 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 cryc.

JND Translation Notes

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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. 7.9; Gen. 49.8,16,19; Judg. 15.16; Mic. 1.10 to 15.

W. Kelly Translation

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For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold a cry.