Isaiah 5:2

And He dug it up, and gathered out the stones thereof, 1 and planted it with the choicest vine, 1 and built a migdal in the midst of it, 1 and also made a yekev (winepress) therein; 1 and He looked that it should bring forth anavim (grapes), 1 and it brought forth b'ushim (wild grapes). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Now will I sing of my beloved 1 a shirat dodi touching His kerem (vineyard). 1 My beloved had a kerem (vineyard) 1 in a very fruitful hill; 1

3And now, O inhabitants of Yerushalayim, 1 and Ish Yehudah, 1 judge, now, between Me and My kerem (vineyard). 1

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Cross References

Numbers 23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him, 1 and from the heights I behold him; see, 1 the people shall live apart, 1 and shall not be reckoned among the Goyim. 1

Deuteronomy 32:8When HaElyon divided to the Goyim their nachalah, 1 when He separated the Bnei Adam, 1 He set the gevulot (borders) of the people 1 according to the number of the Bnei Yisroel. 1

Judges 16:4And it came to pass afterward, that he fell in love with an isha in the Sorek Valley, whose shem was Delilah.

Psalms 44:1(For the one directing. Of the Bnei Korach. A maskil) 1

Isaiah 1:2Hear, O Shomayim, and give ear, O Eretz, 1 for Hashem hath spoken; 1 I have nourished and brought up banim, 1 and they have rebelled against Me. + 1:2 i.e., willfully flouted My authority. See Isa 53:5,8 1

Isaiah 1:21How is the Kiryah Ne'emanah (Faithful City, i.e., Yerushalayim) become a zonah (harlot)! 1 It was full of mishpat; 1 tzedek lodged in it; 1 but now murderers. 1

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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