Verse 2
Isaiah 5:2
World English Bible, British Edition
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He dug it up,
gathered out its stones,
planted it with the choicest vine,
built a tower in the middle of it,
and also cut out a wine press in it.
He looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יְעַזְּקֵ֣/הוּ וַֽ/יְסַקְּלֵ֗/הוּ וַ/יִּטָּעֵ֨/הוּ֙ שֹׂרֵ֔ק וַ/יִּ֤בֶן מִגְדָּל֙ בְּ/תוֹכ֔/וֹ וְ/גַם יֶ֖קֶב חָצֵ֣ב בּ֑/וֹ וַ/יְקַ֛ו לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹת עֲנָבִ֖ים וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ בְּאֻשִֽׁים
English Translation
And he planted it, and he fenced it, and he dug out a winepress in it, and he built a tower in its midst; and he expected it to produce grapes, and it produced wild grapes.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard.
My beloved had a vineyard o...
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2
He dug it up,
gathered out its stones,
planted it with the choicest vine,
built a tower in the middl...
3
“Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
please judge between me and my vineyard.
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4
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not
done in it?
Why, when I looked for it...
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5
Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard.
I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten...
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6
I will lay it a wasteland.
It won’t be pruned or hoed,
but it will grow briers and thorns.
I will al...
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7
For the vineyard of the LORD of Armies is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah his pleasant pla...
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8
Woe to those who join house to house,
who lay field to field, until there is no room,
and you are ma...
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9
In my ears, the LORD of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be
desolate,
even great and beautiful,...
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10
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath,
and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.”
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11
Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may
follow strong drink,
who stay late into...
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12
The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their
feasts;
but they don’t respect the wo...
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13
Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge.
Their honourable men are famished,
and...
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14
Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire,
and opened its mouth without measure;
and their glory, thei...
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15
So man is brought low,
mankind is humbled,
and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;
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16
but the LORD of Armies is exalted in justice,
and God (Elohim) the Holy One is sanctified in righteo...
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17
Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture,
and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
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18
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood,
and wickedness as with cart rope,
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19
who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we
may see it;
let the counsel of the Ho...
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20
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
who put darkness for light,
and light for darkness;...
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21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
and prudent in their own sight!
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22
Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine,
and champions at mixing strong drink;
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23
who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
but deny justice for the innocent!
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24
Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame,
s...
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25
Therefore the LORD’s anger burns against his people,
and he has stretched out his hand against them...
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26
He will lift up a banner to the nations from far away,
and he will whistle for them from the end of...
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27
No one shall be weary nor stumble amongst them;
no one shall slumber nor sleep,
neither shall the be...
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28
whose arrows are sharp,
and all their bows bent.
Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint,
and their w...
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29
Their roaring will be like a lioness.
They will roar like young lions.
Yes, they shall roar,
and sei...
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30
They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the
sea.
If one looks to the land, behol...
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