Isaiah 5:3
New International Version
“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.

New Living Translation
Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you judge between me and my vineyard.

English Standard Version
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.

Berean Standard Bible
“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

King James Bible
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

New King James Version
“And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.

New American Standard Bible
“And now, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard.

NASB 1995
“And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard.

NASB 1977
“And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard.

Legacy Standard Bible
“So now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Please judge between Me and My vineyard.

Amplified Bible
“And now, says the LORD, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard (My people).

Christian Standard Bible
So now, residents of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So now, residents of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between Me and My vineyard.

American Standard Version
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Now, men of Judea, and inhabitants of Jerusalem, judge between me and my vineyard

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And now, ye dwellers in Jerusalem, and every man of Juda, judge between me and my vineyard.

Contemporary English Version
Listen, people of Jerusalem and of Judah! You be the judge of me and my vineyard.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now, O ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and ye men of Juda, judge between me and my vineyard.

English Revised Version
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah, judge between me and my vineyard!

Good News Translation
So now my friend says, "You people who live in Jerusalem and Judah, judge between my vineyard and me.

International Standard Version
"So now, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, won't you please, between me and my vineyard.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

Literal Standard Version
And now, O inhabitant of Jerusalem and man of Judah, | Please judge between Me and My vineyard.

Majority Standard Bible
“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

New American Bible
Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem, people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard:

NET Bible
So now, residents of Jerusalem, people of Judah, you decide between me and my vineyard!

New Revised Standard Version
And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.

New Heart English Bible
"Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.

Webster's Bible Translation
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

World English Bible
“Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.

Young's Literal Translation
And now, O inhabitant of Jerusalem, and man of Judah, Judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Song of the Vineyard
2He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! 3“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. 4What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?…

Cross References
Matthew 21:40
Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?"

Isaiah 5:4
What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?


Treasury of Scripture

And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.

judge

Psalm 50:4-6
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people…

Psalm 51:4
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Jeremiah 2:4,5
Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: …

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1. Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment
8. His judgments upon covetousness
11. Upon lasciviousness
13. Upon impiety
20. And upon injustice
26. The executioners of God's judgments














(3) And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem.--"The song of the vineyard" comes to an end and becomes the text of a discourse in which Jehovah, as the "Beloved" of the song, speaks through the prophet. Those to whom the parable applies are invited, as David was by Nathan, to pass an unconscious judgment on themselves. (Comp. Matthew 21:40-41, as an instance of the same method.)

Verse 3. - The prophet's "song" here ends, and Jehovah himself takes the word. As if the story told in the parable had been a fact, he calls on the men of Judah and Jerusalem to "judge between him and his vineyard." Compare Nathan's appeal to David by the parable of the ewe lamb (2 Samuel 12:1-4).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And now,
וְעַתָּ֛ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

O dwellers
יוֹשֵׁ֥ב (yō·wō·šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

of Jerusalem
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

and men
וְאִ֣ישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of Judah,
יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

I exhort
נָ֕א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

you to judge
שִׁפְטוּ־ (šip̄·ṭū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

between Me
בֵּינִ֖י (bê·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

and My vineyard.
כַּרְמִֽי׃ (kar·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3754: A garden, vineyard


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