Isaiah 5:10

For ten fields of vines will only give one measure of wine, and a great amount of seed will only give a small measure of grain.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

In Context

9The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.

11Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!

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Cross References

Exodus 37:22The buds and the branches were made of the same metal, all together one complete work of the best hammered gold.

Leviticus 27:16And if a man gives to the Lord part of the field which is his property, then let your value be in relation to the seed which is planted in it; a measure of barley grain will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

Joel 1:17The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead.

Haggai 1:9You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:9-18

Worldly-Mindedness Reproved; The Punishment of the Sensual. ( b. c. 758.) 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. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow… Read the whole commentary →

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