Isaiah 5:10

Ten acres of vineyard will only produce six gallons of wine, and a measure of seed only a tenth of that in grain.

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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

9I heard the Lord Almighty declare: You can be sure that many houses are destined to become ruins, and beautiful mansions destined to become uninhabited.

11Tragedy is coming to you who get up early in the morning wanting a drink, and who stay up late drinking wine until you're drunk.

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Cross References

Exodus 37:22The buds and branches were made with the lampstand as one piece, hammered out of pure gold.

Leviticus 27:16If you dedicate some of your land to the Lord, then its value shall be determined by the amount of seed required to sow it: fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed used.

Joel 1:17Seeds planted in the ground shrivel up; the storehouses are empty, the barns are torn down because the grain has dried up.

Haggai 1:9You were hoping for so much, but look, it turned out to be so little. Everything you brought home I blew away. And why was that? Because my house remains a ruin while you are preoccupied with building your own houses, declares the Lord Almighty.

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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