Isaiah 5:3

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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

In Context

2And 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

4What could have been done more to My kerem (vineyard), 1 that I have not done in it? Why, 1 when I looked that it should bring forth anavim, 1 brought it forth b'ushim? 1

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Cross References

Psalms 51:4Wash me thoroughly from mine avon (iniquity), 1 and cleanse me from my chattat (sin). 1

Micah 6:2Hear ye, O harim (mountains), the riv Hashem (dispute, case, lawsuit of Hashem ); 1 listen, ye enduring mosedei eretz (foundations of the earth); 1 for Hashem hath a case against His people, 1 and He will contend with Yisroel. 1

Mark 12:9What then will the Baal Bayit of the kerem do? He will come and destroy the koremim and will give the kerem to others.

Romans 2:5As a result of your KESHI + 2:5 Dt 9:27 (stubbornness, hardness) and your levavot without teshuva, you are storing up for yourself Charon Af Hashem (the burning anger of G-d) in the Yom Af (the Day of Wrath), + 2:5 i.e., the Yom HaDin, the Day of Judgment. See Ps 110:5 when will be revealed the Mishpat HaTzedek of Hashem,

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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