Isaiah 5:7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 5:1-7

See what variety of methods the great God takes to awaken sinners to repentance by convincing them of sin, and showing them their misery and danger by reason of it. To this purport he speaks sometimes in plain terms and sometimes in parables, sometimes in prose and sometimes in verse, as here. ?We have tried to reason with you (Isa. 1:18); now let us put your case into a poem, inscribed to the honour of my well beloved.? God the Father dictates it to the honour of Christ his well beloved Son,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel ,.... This is the explication of the parable, or the accommodation and application of it to the people of Israel, by whom are meant the ten tribes; they are signified by the vineyard, which belonged to the Lord of hosts, who had chosen them to be a peculiar people to him, and had separated them from all others: and the men of Judah his pleasant plant ; they were so when first planted by the Lord; they were plants of delight, in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 5:7

And he looked for judgment - The paronomasia, or play on the words, in this place, is very remarkable; mishpat , mishpach , tsedakah , tseakah . There are many examples of it in the other prophets, but Isaiah seems peculiarly fond of it. See Isaiah 13:6 , Isaiah 24:17 , Isaiah 32:7 , Isaiah 28:1 , Isaiah 57:6 , Isaiah 61:3 , Isaiah 65:11 , Isaiah 65:12 . Rabbi David Kimchi has noticed the paronomasia here: he expected משפט mishpat , judgment, but behold משפח ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:1-7

ISRAEL REBUKED BY THE PARABLE OF A VINEYARD . This chapter stands in a certain sense alone, neither closely connected with what precedes nor with what follows, excepting that it breathes throughout a tone of denunciation. There is also a want of connection between its parts, the allegory of the first section being succeeded by a series of rebukes for sins, expressed in the plainest language, and the rebukes being followed by a threat of punishment, also expressed with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:1-7

God's care for man, and man's ingratitude. Three times has God made himself a vineyard upon earth, planted a plantation of choice vines, endued by him with the capacity of bringing forth excellent fruit, fenced his vineyard round with care, cleared its soil of stones, pruned its superfluous shoots, hoed out the weeds from between the vine-stocks, bestowed on it all possible tendance, and looked to see a suitable result; and three times has the result, for which he had every right to look, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:1-7

The parable of the vineyard. I. NOTICE THE ART OF THE PARABLE . It has been remarked, "A proverb finds him who a sermon flies." Pictures from nature are acceptable to all, especially of that nature which is familiar to the imagination of the listener. Through the imagination we may glide into our listener's heart and conscience. The truth comes with much more power when it is made to glance from an object intermediate between the mind and its naked reality. A great secret of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:1-7

Privilege and penalty. We have a striking picture of— I. THE FULNESS OF THE DIVINE PROVISION . ( Isaiah 5:1 4.) The second verse describes in detail the processes by which the vineyard is prepared for fruitfulness, and in the fourth verse the question is asked, "What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?" The idea is that of the fullness of the Divine provision for the Jewish nation . God had provided: 1. Illustrious men—Moses, Aaron,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard , etc. The full explanation of the parable follows immediately on the disclosure in Isaiah 5:6 . The vineyard is "Israel," or rather "Judah;" the fruit expected from it, "judgment and righteousness;" the wild grapes which alone it had produced, "oppression" and the "cry" of the distressed. His pleasant plan; : literally, the plant of his delights ; i.e. the plantation in which he had so long taken delight. He looked for judgment, etc. Gesenius has attempted to give... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:7

The difference between what God asks and what God gets. The original terms of this verse contain a very striking play upon words, which can but imperfectly be rendered into English. "He looked for judgment ( mishpat ), and behold oppression ( mishpach ); for righteousness ( tsedakah ), and behold a cry ( tseakah ) of the oppressed for help." Dr. C. Geikie translates the verse thus: "And he hoped for deeds of good, but, behold, there are only deeds of blood; for righteousness,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard ... - This is the application of the parable. God had treated the Jews as a farmer does a vineyard. This was “his” vineyard - the object of his faithful, unceasing care. This was his “only” vineyard; on this people alone, of all the nations of the earth, had he bestowed his special attention.His pleasant plant - The plant in which he delighted. As the farmer had been at the pains to plant the “sorek” Isaiah 5:2, so had God selected the ancient stock of the Jews as his own, and... read more

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