Isaiah 5:10

Isaiah 5:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
• New International Version (NIV)A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath of wine; a homer of seed will yield only an ephah of grain.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, And a homer of seed shall yield one ephah.”

Context of Isaiah 5:10

8How horrible it will be for you who acquire house after house and buy field after field until there’s nothing left and you have to live by yourself in the land. 9With my own ears I heard the Lord of Armies say, “Many houses will become empty. Large, beautiful houses will be without people to live in them. A ten-acre vineyard will produce only six gallons of wine, and two quarts of seed will produce only four quarts of grain.” 11How horrible it will be for those who get up early to look for a drink, who sit up late until they are drunk from wine. 12At their feasts there are lyres and harps, tambourines and flutes, and wine. Yet, they don’t pay attention to what the Lord is doing or see what his hands have done.

Isaiah 5:10 word by word

כִּ֗י עֲשֶׂ֙רֶת֙ צִמְדֵּי־כֶ֔רֶם יַעֲשׂ֖וּ בַּ֣ת אֶחָ֑ת וְזֶ֥רַע חֹ֖מֶר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֵיפָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yeaכִּיkîy · forH3588
• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• acresצֶ֫מֶדtsemed · pairH6776
• of vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• shall yieldעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• bathבַּתbath · bathH1324
• and the seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• of an homerחֹ֫מֶרchômer · homerH2563
• an ephahאֵיפָה'êyphâh 'êphâh · ephahH374

Cross-references for Isaiah 5:10

• Leviticus 27:16“If a person gives part of a field to the Lord as something holy, its value will be based on the seed planted on it. Ground planted with 2 quarts of barley will be worth 20 ounces of silver.
• Ezekiel 45:10You must have honest scales and honest dry and liquid measures.
• Joel 1:17Seeds shrivel up in their shells. Storehouses are destroyed. Barns are ruined. The grain has dried up.
• Haggai 1:9“You expected a lot, but you received a little. When you bring something home, I blow it away. Why?” declares the Lord of Armies. “It’s because my house lies in ruins while each of you is busy working on your own house.

Commentaries on Isaiah 5:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Yea, ten acres - In this verse a reason is rendered why the houses mentioned in the previous verse should become desolate. The reason is, that the land would become sterile and barren, as a divine judgment for their oppression. To what particular time the prophet refers, here, is not apparent. It is certain, however, that the land of Canaan was frequently given up to sterility. The withholding of the early and latter rains, or the neglect of cultivation…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-23Verses 8-23 Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purchase another; but the fault is, that they never know when they have enough. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. How applicable to many among us! God has many ways to empty the most populous cities. Those who set their hearts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10As with drought (Isaiah 5:5–6), the reduction of crops was at times a divine judgment (see Haggai 1:6, 9; 2:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. acres--literally, "yokes"; as much as one yoke of oxen could plow in a day. one--only. bath--of wine; seven and a half gallons. homer ... ephah--Eight bushels of seed would yield only three pecks of produce (Eze 45:11). The ephah and bath, one-tenth of an homer.Read the comment

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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