Isaiah 5:7 KJV — MannaFest

Isaiah 5:7

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.

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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.

WEB

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.

YLT

Because the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts Is the house of Israel, And the man of Judah His pleasant plant, And He waiteth for judgment, and lo, oppression, For righteousness, and lo, a cry.

DBT

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.

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61 verses on the floor

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Psalms 80:8–11
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Ecclesiastes 4:1
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Psalms 82:5
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Isaiah 59:8
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

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By an enumeration of the sins that did abound among them, with a threatening of punishments that should answer to the sins. Covetousness, and greediness of worldly wealth, which shall be punished with famine,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

8 ); but the fact was quite otherwise; instead of judgment there was the cruelty of the oppressors, and instead of righteousness the cry of the oppressed. Every thing was carried by clamour and noise, and not by equity and according to the merits of the cause. It is sad with a people when wickedness has usurped the place of judgment, Eccl. iii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Sin weakens the strength, the root, of a people, so that they are easily rooted up; it defaces the beauty, the blossoms, of a people, and takes away the hopes of fruit. The sin of unfruitfulness is punished with the plague of unfruitfulness.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Allusion Mark 12:1
SECOND STRAND. The Parable of the Wicked Tenants opens by reworking Isa 5:1-2 LXX (plant, hedge, dig, tower, winepress). Hays: volume very high (near-quotation of LXX), history of interpretation unanimous.
PD-LXX; H3754; Beale-Carson (cite-only)
Parallel Isaiah 5:1
SECOND STRAND. The vineyard yields wild grapes; 5:7 self-interprets: 'the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel' - the vine-strand's judgment hinge.
MT-ASV; H3754 kerem

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