Isaiah 5 Parallel Bible

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1	I will sing to my beloved the canticle of my paternal cousin, about his vineyard. A vineyard was made for my beloved, at the horn in the son of oil.	Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.	I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.
2	And he fenced it in, and he picked the stones out of it, and he planted it with the best vines, and he built a tower in the middle of it, and he set up a winepress within it. And he expected it to produce grapes, but it produced wild vines.	He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.	He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit.
3	Now then, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah: judge between me and my vineyard.	And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.	“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
4	What more should I have done for my vineyard that I did not do for it? Should I not have expected it to produce grapes, though it produced wild vines?	What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?	What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad?
5	And now, I will reveal to you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its fence, and it will be plundered. I will pull down its wall, and it will be trampled.	And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.	Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled.
6	And I will make it desolate. It will not be pruned, and it will not be dug. And briers and thorns will rise up. And I will command the clouds not to rain upon it.	I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.	I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”
7	For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel. And the man of Judah is his delightful seedling. And I expected that he would do judgment, and behold iniquity, and that he would do justice, and behold an outcry.	For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!	The vineyard of the LORD Almighty is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the vines he delighted in. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.
8	Woe to you who join house to house, and who combine field to field, even to the limits of the place! Do you intend to live alone in the midst of the earth?	Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land.	Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.
9	These things are in my ears, says the Lord of hosts. Otherwise, many houses, great and beautiful, will become desolate, without an inhabitant.	The LORD of hosts has sworn in my hearing: “Surely many houses shall be desolate, large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.	The LORD Almighty has declared in my hearing: “Surely the great houses will become desolate, the fine mansions left without occupants.
10	Then ten acres of vineyard will produce one small bottle of wine, and thirty measures of seed will produce three measures of grain.	For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”	A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath of wine; a homer of seed will yield only an ephah of grain.”
11	Woe to you who rise up in the morning to pursue drunkenness, and to drink even until evening, so as to be inflamed with wine.	Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!	Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine.
12	Harp and lyre and timbrel and pipe, as well as wine, are at your feasts. But you do not respect the work of the Lord, nor do you consider the works of his hands.	They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD, or see the work of his hands.	They have harps and lyres at their banquets, pipes and timbrels and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the LORD, no respect for the work of his hands.
13	Because of this, my people have been led away as captives, for they did not have knowledge, and their nobles have passed away from famine, and their multitudes have dried up from thirst.	Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; their honored men go hungry, and their multitude is parched with thirst.	Therefore my people will go into exile for lack of understanding; those of high rank will die of hunger and the common people will be parched with thirst.
14	For this reason, Hell has expanded its soul, and has opened its mouth without any limits. And their strong ones, and their people, and their exalted and glorious ones will descend into it.	Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down, her revelers and he who exults in her.	Therefore Death expands its jaws, opening wide its mouth; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.
15	And man will be bowed down, and man will be humbled, and the eyes of the exalted will be brought low.	Man is humbled, and each one is brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are brought low.	So people will be brought low and everyone humbled, the eyes of the arrogant humbled.
16	And the Lord of hosts will be exalted in judgment, and the holy God will be sanctified in justice.	But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.	But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.
17	And the lambs will pasture in proper order, and new arrivals will eat from the deserts turned into fertile lands.	Then shall the lambs graze as in their pasture, and nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.	Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture; lambs will feed among the ruins of the rich.
18	Woe to you who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and who draw sin as if with the rope of a cart,	Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,	Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,
19	and who say: “Let him hurry, and let his work arrive soon, so that we may see it. And let the plan of the Holy One of Israel approach and arrive, so that we may know it.”	who say: “Let him be quick, let him speed his work that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near, and let it come, that we may know it!”	to those who say, “Let God hurry; let him hasten his work so we may see it. The plan of the Holy One of Israel— let it approach, let it come into view, so we may know it.”
20	Woe to you who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!	Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!	Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
21	Woe to you who are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own sight!	Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight!	Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
22	Woe to you who are powerful at drinking wine, who are strong men in contriving inebriation!	Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine, and valiant men in mixing strong drink,	Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks,
23	For you justify an impious man in exchange for bribes, and you carry away the justice of a just man from him.	who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!	who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.
24	Because of this, as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the heat of a flame burns it completely, so will their root become like glowing embers, and so will their offshoot ascend like dust. For they have cast aside the law of the Lord of hosts, and they have blasphemed the eloquence of the Holy One of Israel.	Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom go up like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.	Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25	For this reason, the fury of the Lord has been enraged against his people, and he has extended his hand over them, and he has struck them. And the mountains were disturbed. And their carcasses became like dung in the midst of the streets. After all this, his fury was not turned away; instead, his hand was still extended.	Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them, and the mountains quaked; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.	Therefore the LORD’s anger burns against his people; his hand is raised and he strikes them down. The mountains shake, and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
26	And he will lift up a sign to nations far away, and he will whistle to them from the ends of the earth. And behold, they will rush forward speedily.	He will raise a signal for nations far away, and whistle for them from the ends of the earth; and behold, quickly, speedily they come!	He lifts up a banner for the distant nations, he whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Here they come, swiftly and speedily!
27	There is no one weak or struggling among them. They will not become drowsy, and they will not sleep. Neither will the belt around their waist be loosened, nor the laces of their boots be broken.	None is weary, none stumbles, none slumbers or sleeps, not a waistband is loose, not a sandal strap broken;	Not one of them grows tired or stumbles, not one slumbers or sleeps; not a belt is loosened at the waist, not a sandal strap is broken.
28	Their arrows are sharp, and all their bows are taut. The hoofs of their horses are like flint, and their wheels are like the force of a tempest.	their arrows are sharp, all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs seem like flint, and their wheels like the whirlwind.	Their arrows are sharp, all their bows are strung; their horses’ hooves seem like flint, their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.
29	Their roaring is like the lion; they will roar like young lions. They will both roar and seize their prey. And they will wrap themselves around it, and there will be no one who can rescue it.	Their roaring is like a lion, like young lions they roar; they growl and seize their prey; they carry it off, and none can rescue.	Their roar is like that of the lion, they roar like young lions; they growl as they seize their prey and carry it off with no one to rescue.
30	And in that day, they will make a noise over it, like the sound of the sea. We will gaze out toward the land, and behold, the darkness of the tribulation, and even the light has been darkened by its gloom.	They will growl over it on that day, like the growling of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened by its clouds.	In that day they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the sun will be darkened by clouds.
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