Isaiah 5:10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-17

The world and the flesh are the two great enemies that we are in danger of being overpowered by; yet we are in no danger if we do not ourselves yield to them. Eagerness of the world, and indulgence of the flesh, are the two sins against which the prophet, in God's name, here denounces woes. These were sins which then abounded among the men of Judah, some of the wild grapes they brought forth (Isa. 5:4), and for which God threatens to bring ruin upon them. They are sins which we have all need... read more

John Gill

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-17

The appropriateness of God's punishments. Many of the punishments of sin follow in the way of natural consequence, and these are generally acknowledged to be fitting and appropriate; e . g . — I. IDLENESS IS PUNISHED BY WANT . "If a man will not work, neither shall he eat" ( 2 Thessalonians 3:10 ). Labor naturally produces wealth, or at any rate value of some kind; and those who work the hardest naturally acquire the most. The idle cannot complain if they have few of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-24

THE SIX WOES . After the general warning conveyed to Israel by the parable of the vineyard, six sins are particularized as those which have especially provoked God to give the warning. On each of these woe is denounced. Two have special punishments assigned to them ( Isaiah 5:8-17 ); the remainder are joined in one general threat of retribution ( Isaiah 5:18-24 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:10

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath. The greed of adding field to field will he punished by the curse of barrenness, which God will send upon the laud. Dr. Kay-calculates that ten acres (Roman) of vineyard ought to yield upon the average five hundred baths (or four thousand gallons) instead of one bath (eight gallons). An homer … an ephah. The "ephah" was the tenth-part of a "homer" ( Ezekiel 45:11 ). Corn lands should return only one-tenth part of the seed sown in them. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:10

Yea, ten acres - In this verse a reason is rendered why the houses mentioned in the previous verse should become desolate. The reason is, that the land would become sterile and barren, as a divine judgment for their oppression. To what particular time the prophet refers, here, is not apparent. It is certain, however, that the land of Canaan was frequently given up to sterility. The withholding of the early and latter rains, or the neglect of cultivation from any cause, would produce this. At... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 5:8-10

Isaiah 5:8-10. Wo unto them, &c. The unfolding of the parable, after the general key in the preceding verse, comprehends two things, according to the argument of the parable; the crimes of this ungrateful people, and the punishment decreed to their crimes. That join house to house That add new purchases of houses and lands to their former possessions. Not that this was in itself absolutely unlawful, but because they did it from an inordinate desire of riches, and with the injury 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:8-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 5:8-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:1-30

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