Isaiah 5 Parallel Bible

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1	Now I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a rich and fertile hill.	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	He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with the best vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were bitter.	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, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you 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 could I have done for my vineyard that I have not already done? When I expected sweet grapes, why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?	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	Now let me tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will tear down its hedges and let it be destroyed. I will break down its walls and let the animals trample it.	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	I will make it a wild place where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed, a place overgrown with briers and thorns. I will command the clouds to drop no rain on 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	The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. The people of Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence.	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	What sorrow for you who buy up house after house and field after field, until everyone is evicted and you live alone in the land.	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	But I have heard the LORD of Heaven’s Armies swear a solemn oath: “Many houses will stand deserted; even beautiful mansions will be empty.	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	Ten acres of vineyard will not produce even six gallons of wine. Ten baskets of seed will yield only one basket 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	What sorrow for those who get up early in the morning looking for a drink of alcohol and spend long evenings drinking wine to make themselves flaming drunk.	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	They furnish wine and lovely music at their grand parties— lyre and harp, tambourine and flute— but they never think about the LORD or notice what he is doing.	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	So my people will go into exile far away because they do not know me. Those who are great and honored will starve, and the common people will die of 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	The grave is licking its lips in anticipation, opening its mouth wide. The great and the lowly and all the drunken mob will be swallowed up.	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	Humanity will be destroyed, and people brought down; even the arrogant will lower their eyes in humiliation.	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	But the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will be exalted by his justice. The holiness of God will be displayed by his righteousness.	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	In that day lambs will find good pastures, and fattened sheep and young goats will feed among the ruins.	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	What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them with ropes made of lies, who drag wickedness behind them like 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	They even mock God and say, “Hurry up and do something! We want to see what you can do. Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan, for we want to know what it is.”	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	What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is 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	What sorrow for those who are wise in their own eyes and think themselves so clever.	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	What sorrow for those who are heroes at drinking wine and boast about all the alcohol they can hold.	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	They take bribes to let the wicked go free, and they punish the innocent.	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	Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble and dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will rot and their flowers wither. For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies; they have despised the word 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	That is why the LORD’s anger burns against his people, and why he has raised his fist to crush them. The mountains tremble, and the corpses of his people litter the streets like garbage. But even then the LORD’s anger is not satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike!	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	He will send a signal to distant nations far away and whistle to those at the ends of the earth. They will come racing toward Jerusalem.	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	They will not get tired or stumble. They will not stop for rest or sleep. Not a belt will be loose, not a sandal strap 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 will be sharp and their bows ready for battle. Sparks will fly from their horses’ hooves, and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind.	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	They will roar like lions, like the strongest of lions. Growling, they will pounce on their victims and carry them off, and no one will be there to rescue them.	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	They will roar over their victims on that day of destruction like the roaring of the sea. If someone looks across the land, only darkness and distress will be seen; even the light will be darkened by clouds.	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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