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Isaiah 5:3

Jerusalem

1 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:

2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.
KJV
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
WEB
“Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.
ASV
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
DARBY
And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
BLB
“And now, O dweller of Jerusalem and man of Judah, judge please, between Me and between My vineyard.
ÅB
Og nå, dere Jerusalems innbyggere og Judas menn, døm mellom meg og min vingård!
OTB
«Og nå, dere som bor i Jerusalem og folk av Juda, døm mellom meg og min vingård.
B1930
Og nu, I Jerusalems innbyggere og Judas menn, døm mellem mig og min vingård!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Micah 6:2–3

    Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

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  • Jeremiah 2:4–5

    Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

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  • Psalms 50:4–6

    He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

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  • Romans 2:5

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

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  • Psalms 51:4

    Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

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  • Luke 20:15–16

    So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?

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  • Matthew 21:40–41

    When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?

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  • Romans 3:4

    God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

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