Isaiah 5:7

Justice Sin Israel and the nations

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:

⁶ 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.

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!

⁹ In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

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: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: For the vineyard of the LORD of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression, for righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.
ASV: For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry.
DARBY: For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.
BLB: For the vineyard of YHWH of Hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah [are] the plant of His delight; and He looked for justice, and behold, bloodshed—for righteousness, and behold, outcry.

ÅB: For Herrens, hærskarenes Guds vingård er Israels hus, og Judas menn hans kjæreste plantning; og han ventet rett, men se, der er blodsutgydelse; han ventet rettferdighet, men se, der er skrik.
OTB: For Herrens Allmektiges vingård er Israels hus, og Judas folk er de vinstokker han gledet seg over. Han ventet rettferdighet, men så blodutgytelse; rettferdighet, men hørte skrik av nød.
B1930: For Herrens, hærskarenes Guds vingård er Israels hus, og Judas menn hans kjæreste plantning; og han ventet rett, men se, der er blodsutgydelse; han ventet rettferdighet, men se, der er skrik.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 80:8–11
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
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Matthew 3:8–10
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
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Jeremiah 12:10
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
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James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
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Zechariah 7:9–14
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
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Proverbs 21:13
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
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Psalms 147:11
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
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Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
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