Isaiah 5:3

“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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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

2He 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

4What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? 2 Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes? 1

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Cross References

Psalms 51:4Against you, and you only, have I sinned ·deviated (from the standard goal)·, 2 and done that which is evil in your sight; 1 that you may be proved right when you speak, 2 and justified when you judge. + 51:4. Quoted in Rom 3:4 1

Mark 12:9What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

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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