God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 5:3
3Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah, judge between me and my vineyard!
Isaiah 5:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
- New International Version (NIV)“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.
Context of Isaiah 5:3
1Let me sing a lovesong to my beloved about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill. 2He dug it up, removed its stones, planted it with the choicest vines, built a watchtower in it, and made a winepress in it. Then he waited for it to produce good grapes, but it produced only sour, wild grapes. Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah, judge between me and my vineyard! 4What more could have been done for my vineyard than what I have already done for it? When I waited for it to produce good grapes, why did it produce only sour, wild grapes? 5Now then, let me tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will tear away its hedge so that it can be devoured and tear down its wall so that it can be trampled.
Read all of Isaiah 5Isaiah 5:3 word by word
וְעַתָּ֛ה יוֹשֵׁ֥ב יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וְאִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֑ה שִׁפְטוּ־נָ֕א בֵּינִ֖י וּבֵ֥ין כַּרְמִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 5:3
- Psalms 50:4He summons heaven and earth to judge his people:
- Psalms 51:4I have sinned against you, especially you. I have done what you consider evil. So you hand down justice when you speak, and you are blameless when you judge.
- Jeremiah 2:4Listen to the Lord’s word, descendants of Jacob, all the families in the nation of Israel.
- Micah 6:2Listen to the Lord’s lawsuit, you mountains. Listen, you strong foundations of the earth. The Lord has filed a lawsuit against his people. He is arguing his case against Israel.
- Matthew 21:40“Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those workers?”
- Mark 12:9“What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the workers and give the vineyard to others.
- Luke 20:15So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. “What will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
- Romans 2:5Since you are stubborn and don’t want to change the way you think and act, you are adding to the anger that God will have against you on that day when God vents his anger. At that time God will reveal that his decisions are fair.
- Romans 3:4That would be unthinkable! God is honest, and everyone else is a liar, as Scripture says, “So you hand down justice when you speak, and you win your case in court.”
Commentaries on Isaiah 5:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Inhabitants - ישבי yoshebey, in the plural number; three MSS., (two ancient), and so likewise the Septuagint and Vulgate.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3And now - This is an appeal which God makes to the Jews themselves, in regard to the justice and propriety of what he was about to do. A similar appeal he makes in Micah 6:3: O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? Testify against me.‘ He intended to “punish” them Isaiah 5:5-6, and he appeals to them for the justice of it. He would do to them as they would do to a vineyard that had been carefully prepared and guarded…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Clearly, the Lord had kindly done everything possible for the vineyard. He was not responsible for the bitter grapes. I extort you to judge: Isaiah wanted the audience to condemn the vineyard before revealing that they were the vineyard themselves (Isaiah 5:7). This rhetorical tactic is similar to the one Nathan used to confront David (2 Samuel 12:1–5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. And now, &c.--appeal of God to themselves, as in Is 1:18; Mi 6:3. So Jesus Christ, in Mt 21:40, 41, alluding in the very form of expression to this, makes them pass sentence on themselves. God condemns sinners "out of their own mouth" (De 32:6; Job 15:6; Lu 19:22; Ro 3:4).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
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