Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 5:12-30
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.
13Therefore My people will go into exilefor their lack of understanding;their dignitaries are starvingand their masses are parched with thirst.14Therefore Sheol enlarges its throatand opens wide its enormous jaws,and down go Zion’s nobles and masses,her revelers and carousers!
15So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled;the arrogant will lower their eyes.16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice,and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.17Lambs will graze as in their own pastures,and strangers1 will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceitand pull sin along with cart ropes,19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His workso that we may see it!Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel comeso that we may know it!”
20Woe to those who call evil goodand good evil,who turn darkness to lightand light to darkness,who replace bitter with sweetand sweet with bitter.
21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyesand clever in their own sight.
22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wineand champions in mixing strong drink,23who acquit the guilty for a bribeand deprive the innocent of justice.
24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw,and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,so their roots will decayand their blossoms will blow away like dust;for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hostsand despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people;His hand is raised against them to strike them down.The mountains quake,and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away;His hand is still upraised.
26He lifts a banner for the distant nationsand whistles for those at the ends of the earth.Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!27None of them grows weary or stumbles;no one slumbers or sleeps.No belt is looseand no sandal strap is broken.28Their arrows are sharpened,and all their bows are strung.The hooves of their horses are like flint;their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.29Their roaring is like that of a lion;they roar like young lions.They growl and seize their prey;they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.30In that day they will roar over it,like the roaring of the sea.If one looks over the land,he will see darkness and distress;even the light will be obscured by clouds.
Notes
- 1. Isaiah 5:17 LXX lambs ↩
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
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