John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:10
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath ,.... They shall get nothing by laying field to field, for their fields shall be barren and unfruitful; though Jarchi and Kimchi take this to be a reason why their houses should be desolate, and without inhabitants, because there would be a famine, rendering the words, "for ten acres", &c.; The Targum makes this barrenness to be the punishment of their sin, in not paying tithes; paraphrasing the words thus, "for because of the sin of not... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:9
In mine ears, said the Lord of hosts ,.... This may be understood either of the ears of the Lord of hosts, into which came the cry of the sins of covetousness and ambition before mentioned; these were taken notice of by the Lord, and he was determined to punish them; or of the ears of the prophet, in whose hearing the Lord said what follows: so the Targum, "the prophet said, with mine ears I have heard, when this was decreed from before the Lord of hosts:' of a truth many houses shall... read more