Isaiah 5:10
Yea, ten yokes of kerem (vineyard) shall yield 10 gallons, 1 and the homer (six bushels) of zera (seed) shall yield an ephah (three-fifths bushel). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 knobs and their branches were of the same: all of it was one hammered-out work of zahav tahor.
Leviticus 27:16And if a man shall set apart as kodesh unto Hashem some part of a sadeh of his possession, then thy evaluation shall be according to its seeding; an area seeded by a homer of barley shall be valued at chamishim shekel kesef.
Joel 1:17The seed is rotten under their clods, 1 the otzarot (storehouses) are laid desolate, 1 the barns are broken down; 1 for the grain is withered. 1
Haggai 1:9Ye looked for harbeh (much), and, hinei, it came to me'at (little); and when ye brought it home, I blew it away. Why? saith Hashem Tzva'os. Because of Mine Beis + 1:9 HaMikdash that is in ruins, and ye run every man for his own bais.
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 →