Isaiah 5:10

For a ten-yoke vineyard will yield only one bath, and one homer of seed will yield only an ephah. 1

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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

9Yahweh of hosts told me, 1 many houses will be empty, even great and impressive ones, without any inhabitant. 1

11Woe to those who rise up early in the morning to obtain strong drink, 1 those who linger late into the night until wine inflames them. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 37:22Their leafy bases and branches were all one piece with it, one beaten piece of work of pure gold.

Leviticus 27:16If a man sets apart some of his own land, then the valuation of it will be in proportion to the amount of seed required to plant it—a homer of barley will be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

Joel 1:17The seeds rot under their clods, 1 the granaries are desolate, 1 and the barns have been broken down, 1 for the grain has withered. 1

Haggai 1:9“You looked for much, but behold! you have brought little home, for I blew it away! 1 Why?” declares Yahweh of hosts. 1 “Because my house lies in ruins, while every one of you is working on his own house. 1

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 →

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