Isaiah 5:6
4 What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?
5 Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
7 For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
8 Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
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
- I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
- KJV
- And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
- WEB
- I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”
- ASV
- and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
- DARBY
- and I will make it a waste it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
- BLB
- And I will set it [as] a waste—it will not be pruned nor hoed, and there will come up brier and thorn; and also the clouds I will command against raining on it [with] rain.”
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil la den ligge øde; den skal ikke skjæres og ikke hakkes, så den skyter opp i torn og tistel, og skyene vil jeg befale at de ikke skal la regn falle på den.
- OTB
- Jeg vil legge den øde; den vil verken bli beskåret eller dyrket, og torner og tistler vil vokse der. Jeg vil befale skyene å ikke regne på den.»
- B1930
- Og jeg vil la den ligge øde; den skal ikke skjæres og ikke hakkes, så den skyter op i torn og tistel, og skyene vil jeg byde at de ikke skal la regn falle på den.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 7:23–25
And on that day, in every place that had a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:11
And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
Read in contextIsaiah 24:1–3
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
Read in contextIsaiah 24:12
The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:23–24
The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
Read in contextLuke 21:24
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Read in contextHebrews 6:6–8
and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:19–21
Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value.
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