Isaiah 5:1

Isaiah 5:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
• New International Version (NIV)I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now let me sing to my Well-beloved A song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard: My Well-beloved has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill.

Context of Isaiah 5:1

Now I will sing a song for the person that I love. I will sing to him about his vineyard. ‘The one that I love had a vineyard. It was on a hill where the soil is good. 2He dug the ground and he removed the stones. He planted the best vines in it. He built a tower in the middle of the vineyard so that he could watch it. He built a place to squeeze the grapes to make wine. Then he waited for the vines to make sweet grapes. But the vines made only bitter grapes.’ 3So now, listen to me, you people who live in Jerusalem and in Judah. You must be the judge! Who did what was right? Was it me or my vineyard? You decide!

Isaiah 5:1 word by word

אָשִׁ֤ירָה נָּא֙ לִֽידִידִ֔י שִׁירַ֥ת דּוֹדִ֖י לְכַרְמ֑וֹ כֶּ֛רֶם הָיָ֥ה לִֽידִידִ֖י בְּקֶ֥רֶן בֶּן־שָֽׁמֶן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now will I singשִׁירshîyr shûr · to singH7891
• to my wellbelovedיָדִידyedîyd · belovedH3039
• a songשִׁירָהshîyr shîyrâh · songH7892
• of my belovedדּוֹדdôd dôd · beloved: loveH1730
• touching his vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• in a very fruitfulשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
• in a very fruitfulבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• hillקֶ֫רֶןqeren · hornH7161

Cross-references for Isaiah 5:1

• Deuteronomy 31:19Now write down this song that I will give to you. Teach the Israelites to sing it. Its words will show them that they are guilty because they have not obeyed me.
• Judges 5:1On that day Deborah sang this song, with Abinoam's son Barak:
• Psalms 45:1This beautiful song makes my heart very happy. I will sing this special poem to the king. My voice is ready to sing it very well, as well as a clever writer can write with a pen.
• Psalms 101:1I will sing and praise you, Lord! I will sing about your faithful love and your justice.
• Isaiah 27:2At that time, sing a song about a beautiful vineyard!
• Psalms 80:8You pulled us out from Egypt, like a vine that you dug out of the ground. You chased nations out of this land, and you planted us here.
• Jeremiah 2:21I planted you in my land, like the very good seed of a vine. But see how you have changed! You have become like a wild vine. Your grapes are bad and useless.
• Matthew 21:33Then Jesus said again to the Jewish leaders, ‘Listen to another story that I will tell you. There was a man who had his own farm. He planted vines in a garden to grow grapes there. He built a wall around the garden. He dug a hole in the ground for a winepress to make wine. He also built a tall building to watch over the garden. The man then found some farmers to work in the garden for him. Then he went away to another country.
• Mark 12:1Then Jesus began to speak again to the important Jews. He told them stories. He said, ‘There was a man who made a garden. He planted vines to grow grapes there. He built a wall around the garden. He dug a hole in the ground where he could make the grapes into wine. He also built a tall building to watch over the garden. He found some farmers who would work in the garden for him. Then he went away to another country.
• Luke 20:9Then Jesus began to tell this story to the people. He said, ‘A man planted vines in his garden to grow grapes there. He found some farmers to work in the garden for him. Then he went away to another country and he stayed there for a long time.
• John 15:1Jesus said, ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

Commentaries on Isaiah 5:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved "Let me sing now a song," etc. - A MS., respectable for its antiquity, adds the word שיר shir, a song, after נא na ; which gives so elegant a turn to the sentence by the repetition of it in the next member, and by distinguishing the members so exactly in the style and manner in the Hebrew poetical composition, that I am much inclined to think it genuine. A song of my beloved "A song of loves" - דודי…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Now will I sing - This is an indication that what follows is poetic, or is adapted to be sung or chanted. To my well-beloved - The word used here - ידיד yedı̂yd - is a term of endearment. It properly denotes a friend; a favorite; one greatly beloved. It is applied to saints as being the beloved, or the favorites of God, in Psalm 127:2; Deuteronomy 33:12. In this place, it is evidently applied to Yahweh, the God of the Jewish people. As there is some…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The state and conduct of the Jewish nation. (Is. 5:1-7) The judgments which would come. (Is. 5:8-23) The executioners of these judgments. (Is. 5:24-30) Verses 1-7 Christ is God's beloved Son, and our beloved Saviour. The care of the Lord over the church of Israel, is described by the management of a vineyard. The advantages of our situation will be brought into the account another day. He planted it with the choicest vines; gave them a most excellent law…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1my beloved: This refers to the Lord. The prophet was singing this song on the Lord’s behalf. At first, the song seems like a love song. But by Isaiah 5:3, readers realize it is actually a complaint. For more on Israel as God’s vineyard, see also Isaiah 3:14; Matthew 21:33–46; John 15:1–17.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-30A new prophecy; entire in itself. Probably delivered about the same time as the second and third chapters, in Uzziah's reign. Compare Is 5:15, 16 with Is 2:17; and Is 5:1 with Is 3:14. However, the close of the chapter alludes generally to the still distant invasion of Assyrians in a later reign (compare Is 5:26 with Is 7:18; and Is 5:25 with Is 9:12). When the time drew nigh, according to the ordinary prophetic usage, he handles the details more…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 5:1

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• Grape
• Isaiah
• Judgment
• Parables
• Punishment
• Unfaithfulness
• Vineyard
• War

In the dictionaries

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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