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

Let me sing now for my beloved A song of my beloved about His vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill. 2He dug it all around, cleared it of stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it, And also carved out a wine vat in it; Then He expected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only worthless ones. 3“And now, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard.

Isaiah 5:1 word by word

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

• Let me singשִׁירshîyr shûr · to singH7891
• nowנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• for my belovedיָדִידyedîyd · belovedH3039
• A songשִׁירָהshîyr shîyrâh · songH7892
• of my belovedדּוֹדdôd dôd · beloved: loveH1730
• about His vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• hadהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• a fertileבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
• a fertileשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
• hillקֶ֫רֶןqeren · hornH7161

Cross-references for Isaiah 5:1

• Deuteronomy 31:19“Now then, write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it on their lips, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel.
• Judges 5:1Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
• Psalms 45:1My heart is moved with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
• Psalms 101:1I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, Lord, I will sing praises.
• Isaiah 27:2On that day, “A vineyard of beauty, sing of it!
• Psalms 80:8You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it.
• Jeremiah 2:21Yet I planted you as a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned yourself before Me Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?
• Matthew 21:33“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it, and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and he leased it to vine-growers and went on a journey.
• Mark 12:1And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and leased it to vine-growers and went on a journey.
• Luke 20:9But He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time.
• John 15:1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

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

• God Continued...
• 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