Isaiah 5 (WK) - 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 booth in a vineyard, as a lodge in a melon-field, 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 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 wine-vat?
³I have trodden the wine-press 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 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 forth out of the altar, having authority over the fire, and cried with a loud voice to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Send thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
¹⁹And the angel put his sickle unto the earth, and gathered the fruit of the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the indignation of God.
²⁰And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came forth out of the winepress unto the bridles of the horses, a thousand six hundred stadia off. (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 his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold bloodshed; 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 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 doth not consider.
⁴Ah! sinful nation; a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children corrupting themselves. They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are estranged backward.
²¹How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of judgment, righteousness lodged in her, 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 Jehovah,{HR}Foolish and unwise people?{HR}Is not he thy father that hath bought thee?{HR}Hath he not made thee and established thee?{HR} (Deut. 32:6)

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Matt. 21:34• ³⁴But when the season of the fruits 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 a fig tree from afar having 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 at the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, 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 vine-dresser, Behold, [these] three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and find none: cut it down: why doth 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 they will respect [him].
¹⁴But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; 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 crush him to powder. (Luke 20:10‑18)

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1 Cor. 9:7• ⁷Who ever serveth in war at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of its fruit? or who tendeth 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,{HR}And of the fields of Gomorrah:{HR}Their grapes are grapes of poison,{HR}Bitter are their clusters;{HR}
³³Their wine is the poison of dragons,{HR}And the cruel venom of vipers.{HR} (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.

W. Kelly Translation

and 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.