Isaiah 5:6
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:
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.
7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
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 it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:11
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Read in contextIsaiah 24:1–3
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Read in contextIsaiah 24:12
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:23–24
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Read in contextLuke 21:24
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Read in contextHebrews 6:6–8
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:19–21
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
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