Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 5:4-13

4What more could have been done for My vineyard than I have done for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard:

I will take away its hedge,and it will be consumed;I will tear down its wall,and it will be trampled.6I will make it a wasteland,neither pruned nor cultivated,and thorns and briers will grow up.I will command the cloudsthat rain shall not fall on it.”

7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hostsis the house of Israel,and the men of Judahare the plant of His delight.He looked for justice,but saw bloodshed;for righteousness,but heard a cry of distress.

8Woe to you who add house to houseand join field to fielduntil no place is leftand you live alone in the land.

9I heard the LORD of Hosts declare:

“Surely many houses will become desolate,great mansions left unoccupied.10For ten acres of vineyardwill yield but a bath of wine,1and a homer of seedonly an ephah of grain.2”

11Woe to those who rise early in the morningin 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 LORDand 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.

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Notes

1. Isaiah 5:10 Literally ten yoke of vineyard will yield a bath; that is, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day will yield approximately 5.8 gallons or 22 liters of wine. ↩
2. Isaiah 5:10 Literally and a homer of seed will yield an ephah; that is, a homer of seed (approximately 6.24 bushels or 220 liters) will yield a tenth of its weight in grain. ↩

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