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Isaiah 5

Is. 5:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he ρfenced
`azaq (Hebrew #5823)
to grub over
KJV usage: fence about.
Pronounce: aw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
it, and gathered out the stones
caqal (Hebrew #5619)
properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary (as if a delapidation)
KJV usage: (cast, gather out, throw) stone(-s), X surely.
Pronounce: saw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
thereof, and planted
nata` (Hebrew #5193)
properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: fastened, plant(- er).
Pronounce: naw-tah'
Origin: a primitive root
it with the choicest vine
soreq (Hebrew #8321)
and (feminine) soreqah {so- ray-kaw'}; from 8319 in the sense of redness (compare 8320); a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety)
KJV usage: choice(-st, noble) wine. Compare 8291.
Pronounce: so-rake'
Origin: or sowreq {so-rake'}
j, and built
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
a tower
migdal (Hebrew #4026)
from 1431; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
KJV usage: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
Pronounce: mig-dawl'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine migdalah {mig-daw- law'}
in the midst
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
of it, and also τmade
chatsab (Hebrew #2672)
a primitive root ; to cut or carve (wood), stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
KJV usage: cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
Pronounce: khaw-tsab'
Origin: or chatseb {khaw-tsabe'}
a winepress
yeqeb (Hebrew #3342)
a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed)
KJV usage: fats, presses, press-fat, wine(-press).
Pronounce: yeh'-keb
Origin: from an unused root meaning to excavate
therein: 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
that it should bring forth
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
grapes
`enab (Hebrew #6025)
a grape
KJV usage: (ripe) grape, wine.
Pronounce: ay-nawb'
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to bear fruit
, and it brought forth
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
wild grapes
b'ushiym (Hebrew #891)
poison-berries
KJV usage: wild grapes.
Pronounce: be-oo-sheem'
Origin: plural of 889
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fenced it.
or, made a wall about it.
planted.
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.
and built.
made.
Heb. hewed.
a winepress.
he looked.
Is. 5:7• 7Ciertamente la viña de Jehová de los ejércitos es la casa de Israel, y los hombres de Judá planta suya deleitosa. Esperaba juicio, y he aquí vileza; justicia, y he aquí clamor. (Is. 5:7)
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Is. 1:2‑4,21‑23• 2Oid, cielos, y escucha tú, tierra; porque habla Jehová: Crié hijos, y engrandecílos, y ellos se rebelaron contra mí.
3El buey conoce á su dueño, y el asno el pesebre de su señor: Israel no conoce, mi pueblo no tiene entendimiento.
4Oh gente pecadora, pueblo cargado de maldad, generación de malignos, hijos depravados! Dejaron á Jehová, provocaron á ira al Santo de Israel, tornáronse atrás.
21¿Cómo te has tornado ramera, oh ciudad fiel? Llena estuvo de juicio, en ella habitó equidad; mas ahora, homicidas.
22Tu plata se ha tornado escorias, tu vino mezclado está con agua.
23Tus príncipes, prevaricadores y compañeros de ladrones: todos aman las dádivas, y van tras las recompensas: no oyen en juicio al huérfano, ni llega a ellos la causa de la viuda.
(Is. 1:2‑4,21‑23)
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Dt. 32:6• 6¿Así pagáis á Jehová, Pueblo loco é ignorante? ¿No es él tu padre que te poseyó? El te hizo y te ha organizado. (Dt. 32:6)
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Mt. 21:34• 34Y cuando se acercó el tiempo de los frutos, envió sus siervos á los labradores, para que recibiesen sus frutos. (Mt. 21:34)
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Mr. 11:13• 13Y viendo de lejos una higuera que tenía hojas, se acercó, si quizá hallaría en ella algo: y como vino á ella, nada halló sino hojas; porque no era tiempo de higos. (Mr. 11:13)
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Mr. 12:2• 2Y envió un siervo á los labradores, al tiempo, para que tomase de los labradores del fruto de la viña. (Mr. 12:2)
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Lc. 13:7• 7Y dijo al viñero: He aquí tres años ha que vengo á buscar fruto en esta higuera, y no lo hallo; córtala, ¿por qué ocupará aún la tierra? (Lc. 13:7)
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Lc. 20:10‑18• 10Y al tiempo, envió un siervo á los labradores, para que le diesen del fruto de la viña; mas los labradores le hirieron, y enviaron vacío.
11Y volvió á enviar otro siervo; mas ellos á éste también, herido y afrentado, le enviaron vacío.
12Y volvió á enviar al tercer siervo; mas ellos también á éste echaron herido.
13Entonces el señor de la viña dijo: ¿Qué haré? Enviaré mi hijo amado: quizás cuando á éste vieren, tendrán respeto.
14Mas los labradores, viéndole, pensaron entre sí, diciendo: Este es el heredero; venid, matémosle para que la heredad sea nuestra.
15Y echáronle fuera de la viña, y le mataron. ¿Qué pues, les hará el señor de la viña?
16Vendrá, y destruirá á estos labradores, y dará su viña á otros. Y como ellos lo oyeron, dijeron: Dios nos libre!
17Mas él mirándolos, dice: ¿Qué pues es lo que está escrito: La piedra que condenaron los edificadores, Esta fué por cabeza de esquina?
18Cualquiera que cayere sobre aquella piedra, será quebrantado; mas sobre el que la piedra cayere, le desmenuzará.
(Lc. 20:10‑18)
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1 Co. 9:7• 7¿Quién jamás peleó á sus expensas? ¿quién planta viña, y no come de su fruto? ¿ó quién apacienta el ganado, y no come de la leche del ganado? (1 Co. 9:7)
wild grapes.
 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

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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.