Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 5:7-17

7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are 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.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 strangers3 will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

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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. ↩
3. Isaiah 5:17 LXX lambs ↩

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