Isaiah 5:10
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 37:22Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
Leviticus 27:16And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD part of the field of his possession, then thy valuation shall be according to the sowing thereof; the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
Joel 1:17The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
Haggai 1:9Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of My house that lieth waste, while ye run every man for 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 →