Isaiah 5:1-30
1-24. Judah, God's unfruitful vineyard, and the judgment upon it.... [ Continue Reading ]
1-24. Judah, God's unfruitful vineyard, and the judgment upon it.... [ Continue Reading ]
I] i.e. Isaiah. TO MY] rather, 'for my,' or 'of my.' The BELOVED, as appears later, is Jehovah: cp. our Lord's parable (Matthew 21:33). The allegory is rhythmical in form: cp. Song of Solomon 8:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOWER] watch-tower: see on Isaiah 1:8. 3F. God speaks.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGMENT] i.e. justice. OPPRESSION] perhaps better, 'bloodshed.' A CRY] i.e. of the oppressed. 8-10. Unjust seizure of land resulting in barrenness and want of population.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLACE] RV 'room.'... [ Continue Reading ]
BATH] about 8 gallons. AND THE SEED, etc.] RV 'and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.' An ephah is the tenth part of a homer, which was 10 or 12 bushels (Ezekiel 45:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT CONTINUE UNTIL NIGHT] RV 'that tarry late into the night.'... [ Continue Reading ]
REGARD NOT, etc.] i.e. have no regard for the working of the Lord's will in the events of history.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE GONE INTO CAPTIVITY] an example of the 'prophetic perfect.' The future is regarded as so certain that it is described as past.... [ Continue Reading ]
HELL] Heb. _Sheol,_ i.e. the place of departed spirits, RM 'the grave': cp. Genesis 37:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
Cp. Isaiah 2:9; Isaiah 2:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER THEIR MANNER] RV 'as in their pasture.' So desolate will the cities be. STRANGERS] RM 'wanderers.' The meaning is that nomad tribes wander over the land at pleasure.... [ Continue Reading ]
The people have chained themselves to sin like beasts of burden.... [ Continue Reading ]
They scoff at the declared judgments of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
The perverting of all moral distinctions.... [ Continue Reading ]
Bribery and injustice. 25-30. The position of these vv. is doubtful. Very probably they should be connected with the prophecy, Isaiah 9:8 to Isaiah 10:4. In that section the closing words of Isaiah 5:25 occur four times as a sort of refrain.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFT UP AN ENSIGN] i.e. as a signal to muster them: cp. Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 18:3; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 62:10. NATIONS] i.e. those under the dominion of the Assyrian king and serving in his army. HISS] The metaphor is from collecting a swarm of bees (Isaiah 7:18).... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL ROAR AGAINST THEM] i.e. the enemies against God's people. ISAIAH'S PREACHING EARLY IN THE REIGN OF AHAZ Isaiah 2-4 are closely connected, and Isaiah 5 is generally thought to belong to the same period, though it probably represents discourses delivered rather later. There are two points... [ Continue Reading ]