Isaiah 5:11-24 KJV

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 5:18-30

Here are, I. Sins described which will bring judgments upon a people: and this perhaps is not only a charge drawn up against the men of Judah who lived at that time, and the particular articles of that charge, though it may relate primarily to them, but is rather intended for warning to all people, in all ages, to take heed of these sins, as destructive both to particular persons and to communities, and exposing men to God's wrath and his righteous judgments. Those are here said to be in a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:11

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning ,.... To rise up early in the morning is healthful, and to rise to do business is commendable; but to spend the day in drunkenness and intemperance is very criminal, which is here meant: that they may follow, strong drink ; not only drink it, but follow on to drink; diligently seek after it, where the best is to be had; go from house to house till they have found it; closely follow the drinking of it, till inebriated with it: that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:12

And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe ,.... Instruments of music; some struck with a bow or quill, or touched with the fingers; and others blown with the mouth: and wine are in their feasts ; so that they lived jovially and merrily, like sons of Bacchus, more than like the people of God: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands ; meaning not the law, as the Targum and Kimchi, which was the work of the Lord, and the writing of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people are gone into captivity ,.... Or rather, as Kimchi explains it, "shall go into captivity"; the past for the future; for this cannot be understood even of the captivity of the ten tribes, for they were not carried captive until the sixth year of Hezekiah's reign, 2 Kings 17:6 whereas this prophecy was delivered out many years before, even in the time of Uzziah, as is manifest from the following chapter, Isaiah 6:1 and much less it cannot design the captivity of Judah,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:14

Therefore hell hath enlarged herself ,.... That is, the grave, to receive the dead which die with famine and thirst; signifying that the number of the dead would be so great, that the common burying places would not be sufficient to hold them; but additions must be made to them; or some vast prodigious pit must be dug, capable of receiving them; like Tophet, deep and large: or "hath enlarged her soul" F4 הרחיבה נפשה "dilatavit suam animam", V. L. Munster, Montanus, Cocceius. ; her... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:15

And the mean man shall be brought down ,.... To hell, or the grave, as well as the rich and noble: and the mighty man shall be humbled ; laid low in the dust, and be equal to the poor; for, in the grave, princes and peasants are alike; or they shall be all alike, in the same low and miserable condition: and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled ; when famine and distress, ruin and misery, come upon them, then shall the pride of those be abased, as it was; who boasted of their riches... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:16

But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment ,.... By the "Lord of hosts" is meant Christ, the Lord of the armies, and of the inhabitants of the earth, of angels, and of men; who, though in our nature, in his state of humiliation, was brought very low, yet is now highly exalted; and which exaltation of his is seen and known, as it is here foretold it should be, by his judgments inflicted on the Jewish nation, for their contempt and rejection of him; see Psalm 9:16 so Kimchi... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:18

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity ,.... The prophet returns to the wicked again, and goes on with the account of their sin and punishment; and here describes such, not that are drawn into sin unawares, through the prevalence of their own hearts' lusts and corruptions, through the temptations of Satan, the snares of the world, or the persuasions of others; but such who draw it to themselves, seek after it, and willingly commit it; who rush and force themselves into it; who... read more

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 5:18-30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:18

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