Isaiah 5:10
Then ten acres of vineyard will produce one small bottle of wine, and thirty measures of seed will produce three measures of grain.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
Cross References
Exodus 37:22Thus, both the little spheres and the branches were from the same thing: all hand-worked from the purest gold.
Leviticus 27:16But if he has vowed a field of his possession, and has consecrated it to the Lord, the price shall be estimated according to the measure of the seed. If the land would be sown with thirty measures of barley, then let it be sold for fifty shekels of silver.
Joel 1:17The mules have rotted in their own manure, the barns have been demolished, the wine cellars have been destroyed, because the grain has been ruined.
Haggai 1:9You have looked for more, and behold, it became less, and you brought it home, and I blew it away. What is the cause of this, says the Lord of hosts? It is because my house is desolate, yet you have hurried, each one to his own house.
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 →