Isaiah 5:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 5:7

Isaiah 5:7. For the vineyard, &c. Or rather, Now the vineyard, as Dr. Waterland renders it: here we have the interpretation of the preceding parable in general. In the subsequent verses the prophet enters into particulars. This general interpretation is fully verified by the history of the Jewish people, especially in the time of our Lord and his apostles: and the men of Judah his pleasant plant In whom God formerly delighted; and he looked for judgment Both the administration of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:1-30

God’s love and Judah’s response (5:1-30)Judah and Israel together are likened to God’s vineyard. God did everything possible to make it healthy, beautiful and fruitful, and he expected a good harvest of grapes, but the people brought God none of the fruit he expected (5:1-4). He therefore will cease to care for them, so that they might be left to suffer whatever ruin their sin brings upon them. Israel has already been destroyed and Judah will now follow (5-7).Examples of the sins that brought... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 5:7

the LORD of hosts. See note on Isaiah 1:9 and 1 Samuel 1:3 . house of Israel. Occurs four times in Isaiah, twice before Isaiah 40:0 : (Isaiah 6:7 ; Isaiah 14:2 ), and twice after (Isaiah 46:3 ; Isaiah 63:7 ). See App-79 . Note the introversion : "vineyard", "Israel", "Judah", "pleasant plant". judgment. oppression. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia for great and solemn emphasis, to attract our attention and impress our minds. Not a "pun "or a "play" on words. Hebrew. mishpat.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 5:7

Isaiah 5:7. For the vineyard, &c.— Or, Now, the vineyard, &c. We have in this verse the interpretation of the preceding parable; first, in general, which the history of the Jewish people, especially in the time of our Saviour, and before their destruction by the Romans, fully verifies. The word משׂפח mispach, which we render oppression, is literally a scab; and it refers to that spiritual leprosy, that total corruption, wherewith the Jews were infected: Men totally corrupt in mind. See... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:7

7. Isaiah here applies the parable. It is no mere human owner, nor a literal vineyard that is meant. vineyard of the Lord—His only one (Exodus 19:5; Amos 3:2). pleasant—"the plant of his delight"; just as the husbandman was at pains to select the sorek, or "choicest vine" (Amos 3:2- :); so God's election of the Jews. judgment—justice. The play upon words is striking in the Hebrew, He looked for mishpat, but behold mispat ("bloodshed"); for tsedaqua, but behold tseaqua (the cry that attends... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 5:1-7

1. The song of the vineyard 5:1-7Isaiah, like a folk singer, sang a parable about a vineyard that compared Israel to a vineyard that Yahweh had planted and from which He legitimately expected to receive fruit. One cannot help but wonder if this passage lay behind Jesus’ teaching on the vine and the branches in John 15:1-6. The prophet’s original audience did not realize what this song was about at first. It started out sounding like a happy wedding song, but it turned out to be a funeral dirge... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 5:7

Isaiah now shocked his audience by identifying the characters in his parable by name. His well-beloved and the owner of the vineyard was Yahweh of Hosts, not some unnamed friend; the vineyard was Israel, not his friend’s wife (cf. Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 3:14; Psalms 80:8-18; Jeremiah 2:21; Jeremiah 12:10; Ezekiel 15:6-8; Hosea 10:1; Matthew 21:33-44); and the Judahites were the individual plants in this unresponsive vineyard."Before the fall of Samaria in 722 BC the house of Israel meant either the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 5:1-30

1-24. Judah, God’s unfruitful vineyard, and the judgment upon it.1. I] i.e. Isaiah. To my] rather, ’for my,’ or ’of my.’ The beloved, as appears later, is Jehovah: cp. our Lord’s parable (Matthew 21:33). The allegory is rhythmical in form: cp. Song of Solomon 8:11-14. 2. Tower] watch-tower: see on Isaiah 1:8.3f. God speaks.7. Judgment] i.e. justice. Oppression] perhaps better, ’bloodshed.’ A cry] i.e. of the oppressed.8-10. Unjust seizure of land resulting in barrenness and want of population.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 5:7

(7) For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts.—The words remind us of Nathan’s “Thou art the man,” to David (2 Samuel 12:7), and of our Lord’s words in Matthew 21:42-43.Behold oppression.—The Hebrew word carries with it the idea of bloodshed, and points to the crimes mentioned in Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 4:4. The “cry” is that of the victims who appeal to Jehovah when they find no help in man (Genesis 4:10; Deuteronomy 24:15; James 5:4). read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 5:1-30

The Return to Christ's Love (Good Friday) Isaiah 5:3-4 Consider the return made to that love of our Redeemer; the return made by the multitudes the return made by His enemies the return made by His special and familiar friends, and, lastly, the return made by the world which He has redeemed. I. What was the Return Made by the Multitudes? the multitudes who had seen His mighty works, who had been for the time so struck and impressed by His words. When they saw Him in the hands of His enemies... read more