Isaiah 5:1-7 Now will I sing to my well beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well beloved has a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:… There are plaintive songs, mournful songs, as well as songs expressive of joy and delight. I. THE APPELLATIVE ADDRESS. "My well-beloved." Can you call Jesus so? "If any man love not our Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed at the coming of the Lord." II. THE SONG. Observe, that whilst this vineyard is the choice of "my well-beloved," and His own hand plants it, He has a right to the fruits. Take care and do not rob Him. Do not tell me anything about a sandy and barren Christianity. It is not worth twopence an acre, if you go by the measurement. Do not tell me of a tree in the Lord's vineyard that brings forth no fruit; tell me rather of the post in the street. I look for the fruits of the Spirit, that He may be glorified in and by you. III. THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH IS REQUISITE FOR THE SINGERS. (J. Iron.) Parallel Verses KJV: Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: |
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