Isaiah 5:10

Isaiah 5:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
• New International Version (NIV)A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath of wine; a homer of seed will yield only an ephah of grain.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, And a homer of seed shall yield one ephah.”

Context of Isaiah 5:10

8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land. 9I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied. For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.” 11Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine. 12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

Isaiah 5:10 word by word

כִּ֗י עֲשֶׂ֙רֶת֙ צִמְדֵּי־כֶ֔רֶם יַעֲשׂ֖וּ בַּ֣ת אֶחָ֑ת וְזֶ֥רַע חֹ֖מֶר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֵיפָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• acresצֶ֫מֶדtsemed · pairH6776
• of vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• will yieldעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• aאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• bathבַּתbath · bathH1324
• and a homerחֹ֫מֶרchômer · homerH2563
• of seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• an ephahאֵיפָה'êyphâh 'êphâh · ephahH374

Cross-references for Isaiah 5:10

• Leviticus 27:16If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.
• Ezekiel 45:10You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
• Joel 1:17The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
• Haggai 1:9You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

Commentaries on Isaiah 5:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Yea, ten acres - In this verse a reason is rendered why the houses mentioned in the previous verse should become desolate. The reason is, that the land would become sterile and barren, as a divine judgment for their oppression. To what particular time the prophet refers, here, is not apparent. It is certain, however, that the land of Canaan was frequently given up to sterility. The withholding of the early and latter rains, or the neglect of cultivation…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-23Verses 8-23 Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10As with drought (Isaiah 5:5–6), the reduction of crops was at times a divine judgment (see Haggai 1:6, 9; 2:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. acres--literally, "yokes"; as much as one yoke of oxen could plow in a day. one--only. bath--of wine; seven and a half gallons. homer ... ephah--Eight bushels of seed would yield only three pecks of produce (Eze 45:11). The ephah and bath, one-tenth of an homer.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 5:10

• Acre
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Commentaries on Isaiah 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings