Revised Webster's Bible
Isaiah 5
1Now will Isingאָשִׁ֤ירָה'a.Shi.rahH7891to mywellbelovedלִֽידִידִ֔יli.di.DiH3039asongשִׁירַ֥תshi.RatH7892of mybelovedדּוֹדִ֖יdo.DiH1730concerning hisvineyardלְכַרְמ֑וֹle.khar.MoH3754. Mywellbelovedלִֽידִידִ֖יli.di.DiH3039hath avineyardכֶּ֛רֶםKe.remH3754in a veryfruitfulבֶּן־ שָֽׁמֶן׃ben- Sha.menH1121H8081hillבְּקֶ֥רֶןbe.Ke.renH7161:
2And hedugוַֽיְעַזְּקֵ֣הוּvay.'a.ze.Ke.huH5823it, and removed itsstonesוַֽיְסַקְּלֵ֗הוּvay.sa.ke.Le.huH5619, andplantedוַיִּטָּעֵ֙הוּ֙vai.yi.ta.'E.huH5193it with the choicestvineשֹׂרֵ֔קso.RekH8321, andbuiltוַיִּ֤בֶןvai.Yi.venH1129atowerמִגְדָּל֙mig.DalH4026in themidstבְּתוֹכ֔וֹbe.to.KhoH8432of it, and alsomadeחָצֵ֣בcha.TzevH2672awinepressיֶ֖קֶבYe.kevH3342in it: and heexpectedוַיְקַ֛וvay.KavH6960that it should bringforthלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213grapesעֲנָבִ֖ים'a.na.VimH6025, and it broughtforthוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213wildgrapesבְּאֻשִֽׁים׃be.'u.ShimH891.
4What more could have beendoneלַּעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213to myvineyardלְכַרְמִ֔יle.khar.MiH3754, that I have notdoneעָשִׂ֖יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213in it?Whyמַדּ֧וּעַma.Du.a'H4069, when Iexpectedקִוֵּ֛יתִיki.Vei.tiH6960that it should bringforthלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213grapesעֲנָבִ֖ים'a.na.VimH6025, brought itforthוַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asH6213wildgrapesבְּאֻשִֽׁים׃be.'u.ShimH891?
5And now come; I willtellאוֹדִֽיעָה־'o.di.'ah-H3045you what I willdoעֹשֶׂ֖ה'o.SehH6213to myvineyardלְכַרְמִ֑יle.khar.MiH3754: I will takeawayהָסֵ֤רha.SerH5493itshedgeמְשׂוּכָּתוֹ֙me.su.ka.ToH4881, and it shall be eatenupלְבָעֵ֔רle.va.'ErH1197; and breakdownפָּרֹ֥ץpa.RotzH6555thewallגְּדֵר֖וֹge.de.RoH1447of it, and it shall be troddendownלְמִרְמָֽס׃le.mir.MasH4823:
6And I willlayוַאֲשִׁיתֵ֣הוּva.'a.shi.Te.huH7896itwasteבָתָ֗הva.TahH1326: it shall not beprunedיִזָּמֵר֙yi.za.MerH2168, nordugיֵעָדֵ֔רye.'a.DerH5737; but there shall comeupוְעָלָ֥הve.'a.LahH5927briersשָׁמִ֖ירsha.MirH8068andthornsוָשָׁ֑יִתva.Sha.yitH7898: I will alsocommandאֲצַוֶּ֔ה'a.tza.VehH6680thecloudsהֶעָבִים֙he.'a.VimH5645that theyrainמֵהַמְטִ֥ירme.ham.TirH4305norainמָטָֽר׃ma.TarH4306upon it.
7For thevineyardכֶ֜רֶםKhe.remH3754of theLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָאוֹת֙tze.va.'OtH6635is thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and themenוְאִ֣ישׁve.'IshH376ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063hispleasantשַׁעֲשׁוּעָ֑יוsha.'a.shu.'AvH8191plantנְטַ֖עne.Ta'H5194: and helookedוַיְקַ֤וvay.KavH6960forjudgmentלְמִשְׁפָּט֙le.mish.PatH4941, but beholdoppressionמִשְׂפָּ֔חmis.PachH4939; forrighteousnessלִצְדָקָ֖הlitz.da.KahH6666, but behold acryצְעָקָֽה׃ סtze.'a.KahH6818.
8Woeה֗וֹיHoH1945to them thatjoinמַגִּיעֵ֥יma.gi.'EiH5060houseבַ֙יִת֙va.yitH1004tohouseבְּבַ֔יִתbe.Va.yitH1004, thatlayיַקְרִ֑יבוּyak.Ri.vuH7126fieldשָׂדֶ֥הsa.DehH7704tofieldבְשָׂדֶ֖הve.sa.DehH7704, till there isnoאֶ֣פֶס'E.fesH657placeמָק֔וֹםma.KomH4725, that they may beplacedוְהֽוּשַׁבְתֶּ֥םve.hu.shav.TemH3427alone in themidstבְּקֶ֥רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130of theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776!
9In myearsבְּאָזְנָ֖יbe.'a.ze.NaiH241said theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֑וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, Of atruthלֹ֞אlo'H3808manyרַבִּים֙ra.BimH7227housesבָּתִּ֤יםba.TimH1004shall bedesolateלְשַׁמָּ֣הle.sha.MahH8047, evengreatגְּדֹלִ֥יםge.do.LimH1419andfairוְטוֹבִ֖יםve.to.VimH2896, withoutinhabitantיוֹשֵֽׁב׃yo.ShevH3427.
11Woeה֛וֹיHoH1945to them that riseearlyמַשְׁכִּימֵ֥יmash.ki.MeiH7925in themorningבַבֹּ֖קֶרva.Bo.kerH1242, that they mayfollowיִרְדֹּ֑פוּyir.Do.fuH7291strongdrinkשֵׁכָ֣רshe.KharH7941; thatcontinueמְאַחֲרֵ֣יme.'a.cha.ReiH309untilnightבַנֶּ֔שֶׁףva.Ne.shefH5399, tillwineיַ֖יִןYa.yinH3196inflamesיַדְלִיקֵֽם׃yad.li.KemH1814them!
12And theharpכִנּ֜וֹרkhi.NorH3658, and theviolוָנֶ֗בֶלva.Ne.velH5035, thetabretתֹּ֧ףtofH8596, andpipeוְחָלִ֛ילve.cha.LilH2485, andwineוָיַ֖יִןva.Ya.yinH3196, are in theirfeastsמִשְׁתֵּיהֶ֑םmish.tei.HemH4960: but theyregardיַבִּ֔יטוּya.Bi.tuH5027not theworkפֹּ֤עַלPo.'alH6467of theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, neitherconsiderרָאֽוּ׃ra.'UH7200theoperationוּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הu.ma.'a.SehH4639of hishandsיָדָ֖יוya.DavH3027.
13Therefore mypeopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971have gone intocaptivityגָּלָ֥הga.LahH1540, because they have noknowledgeדָ֑עַתDa.'atH1847: and theirhonourableוּכְבוֹדוֹ֙u.khe.vo.DoH3519menמְתֵ֣יme.TeiH4962arefamishedרָעָ֔בra.'AvH7458, and theirmultitudeוַהֲמוֹנ֖וֹva.ha.mo.NoH1995driedupצִחֵ֥הtzi.ChehH6704withthirstצָמָֽא׃tza.Ma'H6772.
14Thereforehellשְּׁאוֹל֙she.'OlH7585hathenlargedהִרְחִ֤יבָהhir.Chi.vahH7337herselfנַפְשָׁ֔הּnaf.ShahH5315, andopenedוּפָעֲרָ֥הu.fa.'a.RahH6473hermouthפִ֖יהָFi.haH6310withoutmeasureחֹ֑קChokH2706: and theirgloryהֲדָרָ֧הּha.da.RahH1926, and theirmultitudeוַהֲמוֹנָ֛הּva.ha.mo.NahH1995, and theirpompוּשְׁאוֹנָ֖הּu.she.'o.NahH7588, and he thatrejoicethוְעָלֵ֥זve.'a.LezH5938, shalldescendוְיָרַ֨דve.ya.RadH3381into it.
19Thatsayהָאֹמְרִ֗יםha.'o.me.RimH559, Let him makespeedיְמַהֵ֧ר׀ye.ma.HerH4116, andhastenיָחִ֛ישָׁהya.Chi.shahH2363hisworkמַעֲשֵׂ֖הוּma.'a.Se.huH4639, that we mayseeנִרְאֶ֑הnir.'EhH7200it : and let thecounselעֲצַ֛ת'a.TzatH6098of the HolyOneקְד֥וֹשׁke.Do.oshH6918ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478drawnearוְתִקְרַ֣בve.tik.RavH7126andcomeוְתָב֗וֹאָהve.ta.Vo.'ahH935, that we mayknowוְנֵדָֽעָה׃ סve.ne.Da.'ahH3045it !
20Woeה֣וֹיHoH1945to them thatcallהָאֹמְרִ֥יםha.'o.me.RimH559evilלָרַ֛עla.Ra'H7451goodט֖וֹבTovH2896, andgoodוְלַטּ֣וֹבve.la.TovH2896evilרָ֑עRa'H7451; thatputשָׂמִ֨יםsa.MimH7760darknessחֹ֤שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822forlightלְאוֹר֙le.'OrH216, andlightוְא֣וֹרve.'orH216fordarknessלְחֹ֔שֶׁךְle.Cho.shekhH2822; thatputשָׂמִ֥יםsa.MimH7760bitterמַ֛רmarH4751forsweetלְמָת֖וֹקle.ma.TokH4966, andsweetוּמָת֥וֹקu.ma.TokH4966forbitterלְמָֽר׃ סle.MarH4751!
24Therefore as thefireאֵ֗שׁ'EshH784devourethכֶּאֱכֹ֨לke.'e.KholH398thestubbleקַ֜שׁkashH7179, and theflameלְשׁ֣וֹן לֶֽהָבָה֙le.Shon le.ha.VahH3956H3852consumethיִרְפֶּ֔הyir.PehH7503thechaffוַחֲשַׁ֤שׁva.cha.ShashH2842, so theirrootשָׁרְשָׁם֙sha.re.ShamH8328shall be asrottennessכַּמָּ֣קka.MakH4716, and theirblossomוּפִרְחָ֖םu.fir.ChamH6525shall goupיַעֲלֶ֑הya.'a.LehH5927asdustכָּאָבָ֣קka.'a.VakH80: because they have castawayמָאֲס֗וּma.'a.SuH3988thelawתּוֹרַת֙to.RatH8451of theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068ofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635, anddespisedנִאֵֽצוּ׃ni.'E.tzuH5006thewordאִמְרַ֥ת'im.RatH565of the HolyOneקְדֽוֹשׁ־ke.do.osh-H6918ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478.
25Therefore is theangerאַף־'af-H639of theLORDיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068kindledחָרָה֩cha.RahH2734against hispeopleבְּעַמּ֜וֹbe.'a.MoH5971, and he hath stretchedforthוַיֵּ֣טvai.YetH5186hishandיָד֧וֹya.DoH3027against them, and hathsmittenוַיַּכֵּ֗הוּvai.ya.Ke.huH5221them: and thehillsהֶֽהָרִ֔יםhe.ha.RimH2022trembledוַֽיִּרְגְּזוּ֙vai.yir.ge.ZuH7264, and their deadbodiesנִבְלָתָ֛םniv.la.TamH5038weretornכַּסּוּחָ֖הka.su.ChahH5478in themidstבְּקֶ֣רֶבbe.Ke.revH7130of thestreetsחוּצ֑וֹתchu.TzotH2351. For all this hisangerאַפּ֔וֹ'a.PoH639is not turnedawayשָׁ֣בshavH7725, but hishandיָד֥וֹya.DoH3027is stretchedoutנְטוּיָֽה׃ne.tu.YahH5186still.
26And he will liftupוְנָֽשָׂא־ve.na.sa'-H5375anensignנֵ֤סnesH5251to thenationsלַגּוֹיִם֙la.go.YimH1471fromafarמֵרָח֔וֹקme.ra.ChokH7350, and willhissוְשָׁ֥רַקve.Sha.rakH8319to them from theendמִקְצֵ֣הmik.TzehH7097of theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776: and, behold, they shallcomeיָבֽוֹא׃ya.Vo'H935withspeedמְהֵרָ֖הme.he.RahH4120swiftlyקַ֥לkalH7031:
27None shall bewearyעָיֵ֤ף'a.YefH5889norstumbleכּוֹשֵׁל֙ko.ShelH3782among them; none shallslumberיָנ֖וּםya.NumH5123norsleepיִישָׁ֑ןyi.ShanH3462; neither shall thebeltאֵז֣וֹר'e.ZorH232of theirloinsחֲלָצָ֔יוcha.la.TzavH2504beloosedנִפְתַּח֙nif.TachH6605, nor thelatchetשְׂר֥וֹךְse.RokhH8288of theirshoesנְעָלָֽיו׃ne.'a.LavH5275bebrokenנִתַּ֖קni.TakH5423:
28Whosearrowsחִצָּיו֙chi.TzavH2671aresharpשְׁנוּנִ֔יםshe.nu.NimH8150, and all theirbowsקַשְּׁתֹתָ֖יוka.she.to.TavH7198bentדְּרֻכ֑וֹתde.ru.KhotH1869, theirhorsesסוּסָיו֙su.SavH5483’hoofsפַּרְס֤וֹתpar.SotH6541shall becountedנֶחְשָׁ֔בוּnech.Sha.vuH2803likeflintכַּצַּ֣רka.TzarH6862, and theirwheelsוְגַלְגִּלָּ֖יוve.gal.gi.LavH1534like awhirlwindכַּסּוּפָֽה׃ka.su.FahH5492:
29Theirroaringשְׁאָגָ֥הshe.'a.GahH7581shall be like alionכַּלָּבִ֑יאka.la.Vi'H3833, they shallroarיִשְׁאַ֨גyi.sha.'agH7580like younglionsכַּכְּפִירִ֤יםka.ke.fi.RimH3715: yea, they shallroarוְיִנְהֹם֙ve.yin.HomH5098, and layholdוְיֹאחֵ֣זve.yo.ChezH270of thepreyטֶ֔רֶףTe.refH2964, and shall carry it awaysafeוְיַפְלִ֖יטve.yaf.LitH6403, and none shalldeliverמַצִּֽיל׃ma.TzilH5337it .
30And in thatdayבַּיּ֥וֹםbai.YomH3117they shallroarוְיִנְהֹ֥םve.yin.HomH5098against them like theroaringכְּנַהֲמַת־ke.na.ha.mat-H5100of theseaיָ֑םYamH3220: and if onelookethוְנִבַּ֤טve.ni.BatH5027to thelandלָאָ֙רֶץ֙la.'A.retzH776, beholddarknessחֹ֔שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822andsorrowצַ֣רtzarH6862, and thelightוָא֔וֹרva.'orH216isdarkenedחָשַׁ֖ךְcha.ShakhH2821in itsheavensבַּעֲרִיפֶֽיהָ׃ פba.'a.ri.Fei.haH6183.
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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