THE SONG OF THE VINEYARD
Key verse: 1
NIV
The Song of the Vineyard
5 I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:(A)
My loved one had a vineyard
on a fertile hillside.
2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones
and planted it with the choicest vines.(B)
He built a watchtower(C) in it
and cut out a winepress(D) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
but it yielded only bad fruit.(E)
3 “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.(F)
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard
than I have done for it?(G)
When I looked for good grapes,
why did it yield only bad?(H)
5 Now I will tell you
what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
and it will be destroyed;(I)
I will break down its wall,(J)
and it will be trampled.(K)
6 I will make it a wasteland,(L)
neither pruned nor cultivated,
and briers and thorns(M) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
not to rain(N) on it.”
Cross references
- Isaiah 5:1 : Ps 80:8-9; Isa 27:2; Jn 15:1
- Isaiah 5:2 : S Ex 15:17; Isa 16:8
- Isaiah 5:2 : 1Sa 2:9; Isa 27:3; 31:5; 49:8; Mt 21:33
- Isaiah 5:2 : S Job 24:11
- Isaiah 5:2 : Mt 21:19; Mk 11:13; Lk 13:6
- Isaiah 5:3 : Mt 21:40
- Isaiah 5:4 : S 2Ch 36:15; Jer 2:5-7; Mic 6:3-4; Mt 23:37
- Isaiah 5:4 : Jer 2:21; 24:2; 29:17
- Isaiah 5:5 : 2Ch 36:21; Isa 6:12; 27:10
- Isaiah 5:5 : S Ps 80:12; S Isa 22:5
- Isaiah 5:5 : Isa 10:6; 26:6; 28:3, 18; 41:25; 63:3; Jer 12:10; 34:22; La 1:15; Hos 2:12; Mic 7:10; Mal 4:3; S Lk 21:24
- Isaiah 5:6 : S Ge 6:13; S Lev 26:32; Isa 6:13; 49:17, 19; 51:3; Joel 1:10
- Isaiah 5:6 : ver 10, 17; S 2Sa 23:6; Isa 7:23, 24; 32:13; 34:13; 55:13; Eze 28:24; Hos 2:12; Heb 6:8
- Isaiah 5:6 : S Dt 28:24; S 2Sa 1:21; Am 4:7
- Isaiah 5:7 : Ps 80:8; Isa 17:10; 18:5; 37:30
- Isaiah 5:7 : Isa 10:2; 29:21; 32:7; 59:15; 61:8; Eze 9:9; 22:29
- Isaiah 5:7 : S Isa 1:21
- Isaiah 5:7 : S Ps 12:5
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ESV
The Vineyard of the Lord Destroyed
5 Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had (A)a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2 He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with (B)choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and (C)he looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
4 (D)What more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
(E)When I looked for it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?
5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove (F)its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;[a]
(G)I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and (H)briers and thorns shall grow up;
(I)I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 (J)For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed;[b]
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry![c]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:5 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5
- Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike
- Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike
Cross references
- Isaiah 5:1 : Ps. 80:8; Matt. 21:33; Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9; [Hos. 9:10]
- Isaiah 5:2 : Jer. 2:21
- Isaiah 5:2 : [Matt. 21:19; Mark 11:13; Luke 13:6]
- Isaiah 5:4 : [Mic. 6:3, 4]
- Isaiah 5:4 : [See ver. 2 above]; [Matt. 21:19; Mark 11:13; Luke 13:6]
- Isaiah 5:5 : [Jer. 5:10]
- Isaiah 5:5 : Ps. 80:12; [Prov. 24:31]
- Isaiah 5:6 : See ch. 7:23-25
- Isaiah 5:6 : [1 Kgs. 17:1; Jer. 14:1, 22]
- Isaiah 5:7 : [ch. 3:14]; See Ps. 80:8-11
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Prayer: Lord, you loved us as your lovely vineyard. But we only produced bad fruits. We broke your heart. We deserve destruction. But thanks to God, for in Jesus we can begin a fruit bearing new life.
One Word: Produce good fruit