Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 5:8-14
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.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!
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. ↩
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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