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:
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Now I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a rich and fertile hill.

Context of Isaiah 5:1

I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. 2He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit. 3“Now you dwellers in 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

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 31:19“Now write down this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against them.
• Judges 5:1On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
• Psalms 45:1My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
• Psalms 101:1I will sing of your love and justice; to you, Lord, I will sing praise.
• Isaiah 27:2In that day— “Sing about a fruitful vineyard:
• Psalms 80:8You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
• Jeremiah 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine?
• Matthew 21:33“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
• Mark 12:1Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
• Luke 20:9He went on to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.
• John 15:1“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

• God Continued...
• Grape
• Isaiah
• Judgment
• Parables
• Punishment
• Unfaithfulness
• Vineyard
• War

In the dictionaries

• Cast
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• Horn
• Join
• Lay
• Mighty
• Regard

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