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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• 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
 9Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
 10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
 11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
 15And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that 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, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. (Isa. 62:5)
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Psa. 147:11• 11The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. (Psa. 147:11)
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Psa. 149:4• 4For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. (Psa. 149:4)
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Song of Sol. 7:6• 6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! (Song of Sol. 7:6)
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Zeph. 3:17• 17The Lord 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 fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made 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• 6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
 7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out 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 thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. (Isa. 58:6‑8)
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Ex. 22:22‑27• 22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
 23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
 24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
 25If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
 26If thou at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
 27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. (Ex. 22:22‑27)
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Mic. 6:8• 8He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord 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• 9Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
 10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
 11But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
 12Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts.
 13Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:
 14But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate. (Zech. 7:9‑14)
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Matt. 3:8‑10• 8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
 9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
 10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. (Matt. 3:8‑10)
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Matt. 23:23• 23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Matt. 23:23)
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John 15:2• 2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. (John 15:2)
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1 Cor. 6:8‑11• 8Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
 9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
 10Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
 11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Cor. 6:8‑11)
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1 John 3:7‑8• 7Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
 8He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy 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; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. (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 the Lord 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 in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason 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 the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; (Ex. 3:7)
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Ex. 22:21‑24,27• 21Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
 22Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
 23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
 24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
 27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. (Ex. 22:21‑24,27)
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Deut. 15:9• 9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked 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 unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. (Deut. 15:9)
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Neh. 5:1‑5• 1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
 2For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
 3Some also there were that said, 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 to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. (Neh. 5:1‑5)
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Job 31:38‑39• 38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
 39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: (Job 31:38‑39)
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Job 34:28• 28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. (Job 34:28)
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Prov. 21:13• 13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. (Prov. 21:13)
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Luke 18:7• 7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? (Luke 18:7)
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James 5:4• 4Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. (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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c
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.