Isaiah 5:7
For 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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Exodus 2:23And in those days after a length of time, the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel groaned because of their tasks, and cried, and their cry because of their tasks went up to God.
Exodus 22:21Ye shall hurt no widow or orphan.
Nehemiah 5:1And the cry of the people and their wives was great against their brethren the Jews.
Job 34:28so as to bring before him the cry of the needy; for he will hear the cry of the poor.
Psalms 80:15I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them.
Psalms 149:4For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; and will exalt the meek with salvation.
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 →