Isaiah 5:6 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 5:6

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.”

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 1:4 (253)

See then how very bad sinning is, that they may be delivered to Satan, who holds captive the souls of those forsaken by God—though God does not forsake without cause or judgment those whom he has abandoned. For when he sends the rain for the vineyard and the vineyard bears thorns instead of grapes, what else will God do except order the clouds not to sprinkle rain on the vineyard?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

"That which completes its woe is that the dews of heaven shall be withheld; he that has the key of the clouds will command them that they rain no rain upon it, and that alone is sufficient to run it into a desert." Note, God in a way of righteous judgment, denies his grace to those that have long received it in vain.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

There shall come up briers and thorns “The thorn shall spring up in it” - One MS. has בשמיר beshamir. The true reading seems to be בו שמור bo shamir, which is confirmed by the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I will . . . command--The parable is partly dropped and Jehovah, as in Isa 5:7, is implied to be the Owner: for He alone, not an ordinary husbandman (Mt 21:43; Lu 17:22), could give such a "command." no rain--antitypically, the heaven-sent teachings of the prophets (Am 8:11).

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַאֲשִׁיתֵ֣הוּ	va.'a.shi.Te.hu	and I will make it	H7896 →
בָתָ֗ה	va.Tah	a desolation	H1326 →
לֹ֤א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִזָּמֵר֙	yi.za.Mer	it will be pruned	H2168 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יֵעָדֵ֔ר	ye.'a.Der	it will be hoed	H5737 →
וְעָלָ֥ה	ve.'a.Lah	and it will grow up	H5927 →
שָׁמִ֖יר	sha.Mir	thorn[s]	H8068 →
וָשָׁ֑יִת	va.Sha.yit	and bush[es]	H7898 →
וְעַ֤ל	ve.'Al	and to	H5921 →
הֶעָבִים֙	he.'a.Vim	the clouds	H5645 →
אֲצַוֶּ֔ה	'a.tza.Veh	I will command	H6680 →
מֵהַמְטִ֥יר	me.ham.Tir	from raining	H4305 →
עָלָ֖יו	'a.Lav	on it	H5921 →
מָטָֽר׃	ma.Tar	rain	H4306 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Jeremiah 25:11
And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
leads to
- Daniel 9:2
  in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
- Zechariah 1:12
  Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
- Jeremiah 25:12
  But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting…
- 2 Chronicles 36:21–22
  So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
- Zechariah 7:5
  “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
Through
Isaiah 24:12
The city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.
leads to
- Jeremiah 9:11
  “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
- Lamentations 1:4
  The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
- Lamentations 1:1
  How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Isaiah