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Isaiah 5
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1 Now I will sing to my beloved a song of my beloved concerning my vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a high hill in a fertile place. 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 I made a hedge round it, and dug a trench, and planted a choice vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and dug a place for the wine-vat in it: and I waited for it to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth thorns. 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 And now, ye dwellers in Jerusalem, and every man of Juda, 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 shall I do any more to my vineyard, that I have not done to it? Whereas I expected it to bring forth grapes, but it has brought forth thorns. 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 tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be for a spoil; and I will pull down its walls, and it shall be left to be trodden down. 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 forsake my vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no 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 men of Juda his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgement, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry. 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 them that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbor's: will ye dwell alone upon 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 For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them. 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 For where ten yoke of oxen plough the land shall yield one jar-full, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures. 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 them that rise up in the morning, and follow strong drink; who wait at it till evening: for the wine shall inflame them. 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 For they drink wine with harp, and psaltery, and drums, and pipes: but they regard not the works of the Lord, and consider not 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 Therefore my people have been taken captive, because they know not the Lord: and there has been a multitude of dead bodies , because of hunger and of thirst for water. 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 Therefore hell has enlarged its desire and opened its mouth without ceasing: and her glorious and great, and her rich and her pestilent men shall go down 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 the mean man shall be brought low, and the great man shall be disgraced, and the lofty eyes shall 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 But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgement, and the holy God shall be glorified in 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 And they that were spoiled shall be fed as bulls, and lambs shall feed on the waste places of them that are taken away. 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 them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke: 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 who say, Let him speedily hasten what he will do, that we may see it : and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, 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 them that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet 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 them that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing in their 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 the strong ones of you that drink wine, and the mighty ones that mingle strong drink: 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 who justify the ungodly for rewards, and take away the righteousness of the righteous. 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 as stubble shall be burnt by a coal of fire, and shall be consumed by a violent flame, their root shall be as chaff, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and insulted 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 Therefore the Lord of hosts was greatly angered against his people, and he reached forth his hand upon them, and smote them: and the mountains were troubled, and their carcasses were as dung in the midst of the way: yet for all this his anger has not been turned away, but his hand is yet raised. 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 Therefore shall he lift up a signal to the nations that are afar, and shall hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they are coming very quickly. 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 shall not hunger nor be weary, neither shall they slumber nor sleep; neither shall they loose their girdles from their loins, neither shall their shoe-latchets 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 Whose arrows are sharp, and their bows bent; their horses' hoofs are counted as solid rock: their chariot-wheels are as a storm. 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 rage as lions, and draw nigh as a lion's whelps: and he shall seize, and roar as a wild beast, and he shall cast them forth, and there shall be none to deliver 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 And he shall roar on account of them in that day, as the sound of the swelling sea; and they shall look to the land, and, behold, there shall be thick darkness in their perplexity. 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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