Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 5:8
Wo unto them that - lay field to field "You who lay field unto field" - Read תקריבו takribu , in the second person; to answer to the verb following. So Vulgate. read more
イザヤ書 5:8-17 Jcb
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 5:9
In mine ears. "To mine ear" - The sentence in the Hebrew text seems to be imperfect in this place; as likewise in Isaiah 22:14 ; (note), where the very same sense seems to be required as here. See the note there; and compare 1 Samuel 9:15 ; (note). In this place the Septuagint supply the word ηκουσθη , and the Syriac אשתמע eshtama , auditus est Jehovah in auribus meis , i.e., נגלה niglah , as in Isaiah 22:14 . Many houses - This has reference to what was said in the... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 5:11
Wo unto them that rise up early - There is a likeness between this and the following passage of the prophet Amos, Amos 6:3-6 , who probably wrote before Isaiah. If the latter be the copier, he seems hardly to have equalled the elegance of the original: - "Ye that put far away the evil day And affect the seat of violence; Who lie upon beds of ivory, And stretch yourselves upon your couches; And eat the lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the stall; Who chant to... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 5:13
And their honorable men "And the nobles" - These verses have likewise a reference to the two preceding. They that indulged in feasting and drinking shall perish with hunger and thirst; and Hades shall indulge his appetite as much as they had done, and devour them all. The image is strong and expressive in the highest degree. Habakkuk 2:5 , uses the same image with great force: - the ambitious and avaricious conqueror. "Enlargeth his appetite like Hades; And he is like Death, and will... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 5:17
The lambs "And the kids" - גרים gerim , "strangers." The Septuagint read, more agreeably to the design of the prophet, כרים carim , αρνες , "the lambs." גדים gedayim , "the kids," Dr. Durell; nearer to the present reading: and so Archbishop Secker. The meaning is, their luxurious habitations shall be so entirely destroyed as to become a pasture for flocks. After their manner "Without restraint" - כדברם kedobram , secundum duetum eorum; i.e. suo ipsorum ductu ; as... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8
Woe unto them that join house to house . This is the first woe . It is pronounced on the greed which leads men to continually enlarge their estates, without regard to their neighbors' convenience. Nothing is said of any use of unfair means, much less of violence in dispossessing the former proprietors. What is denounced is the selfishness of vast accumulations of land in single bands, to the detriment of the rest of the community. The Jewish law was peculiarly inimical to this practice... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8
The covetous spirit, and its judgment. The picture presented in this verse can be matched by the conduct of our English king, who destroyed the villages to make the New Forest; or by the makers of deer-forests in North Britain, who have driven away the natives. In Isaiah's time the wealthy men were buying up the houses and estates, and destroying the old village life of Palestine. "In the place of the small freeholders, there rose up a class of large proprietors, while the original holders... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-10
Woe to the covetous. To understand this passage we should bear in mind the truths connected with real property as a condition of national well-being. I. THE INSTITUTION OF LANDED PROPERTY IN ISRAEL . According to the Law, each of the twelve tribes was to have its landed possessions, and each particular household was to have its definite portion of the land belonging to the tribe; and this was to be an inalienable heritage. Among an agricultural people it is most necessary... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-10
The character and the doom of covetousness. The judgment denounced against those that joined house to house and field to field bring into view the nature of the sin of covetousness, and the desolation in which it ends. I. THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF THE SIN . It is an immoderate ambition . To secure a house or a piece of land, or to extend that which has been acquired, may be not only lawful but positively commendable; it may, indeed, be highly honorable. But there are bounds... read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:17
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner ,.... That is, the people of God, the disciples of Christ, either apostles and ministers of the Gospel, whom he sent forth as lambs among wolves, Luke 10:3 who fed the flock of Christ after their usual manner, and as directed by him; even with knowledge and understanding, by the ministry of the word, and administration of ordinances; or the people of God fed by them, who are comparable to lambs for their harmlessness and innocence; and who feed... read more