Isaiah 5:2

He dug it up, 2 gathered out its stones, 2 planted it with the choicest vine, 2 built a tower in the middle of it, 2 and also cut out a wine press + 5:2. (1-2) Quoted in Matt 21:33; Mark 12:1therein. 1 He looked for it to yield grapes, 2 but it yielded wild grapes. 1

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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

1Let me sing for my yadid ·beloved· a song of my dod ·beloved lover· about his vineyard. + 5:1. Quoted in Luke 20:9 2 My yadid ·beloved· had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. 1

3“Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem [City of peace] and men of Judah [Praised], 2 please judge between me and my vineyard. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him. 2 From the hills I see him. 1 Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, 2 and shall not be listed among the nations. 1

Deuteronomy 32:8When haElyon [the Most High] gave to the nations their inheritance, 2 when he separated the children of men, 1 he set the bounds of the peoples 2 according to the number of the children of Israel [God prevails]. 1

Psalms 44:1We have sh'ma ·heard obeyed· with our ears, God; 2 our fathers have told us, 2 what work you did in their days, 2 in the days of old. 1

Isaiah 1:2Sh'ma ·Hear obey·, heavens, 2 and listen, earth; for Adonai has spoken: 1 “I have nourished and brought up children, 2 and they have rebelled to break away from authority thus breaking relationship against me. 1

Isaiah 1:21How the faithful city has become a prostitute! 2 She was full of mishpat ·justice·; righteousness lodged in her, 2 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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