Isaiah 5:6

And I will forsake my vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be for a spoil; and I will pull down its walls, and it shall be left to be trodden down.

7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and + 5:7 Gr. a man.the men of Juda his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:23And thou shalt have over thine head a sky of brass, and the earth under thee shall be iron.

1 Kings 17:1And Eliu the prophet, the Thesbite of Thesbæ of Galaad, said to Achaab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, + 17:1 Gr. if there shall be, etc.there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the + 17:1 Gr. mouth of my word.word of my mouth.

Proverbs 24:31If thou let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; + 24:31 Gr. grass.and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down.

Isaiah 6:11And I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until the cities be deserted + 6:11 Compare use of παρὰ, Jer. 40. 10,12; also 1 Cor. 12. 15,16.by reason of their not being inhabited, and the houses by reason of there being no men, and the land shall be left desolate.

Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord is about to lay waste the world, and will make it desolate, and will lay bare the surface of it, and scatter them that dwell therein.

Isaiah 30:23Then shall there be rain to the seed of thy land; and the bread of the fruit of thy land shall be plenteous and rich: and thy cattle shall feed in that day in a fertile and spacious place.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:2-8

Israel Compared to a Vineyard. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me… Read the whole commentary →

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