Isaiah 5:9 NIV1984

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 5:9

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 5:9

In mine ears. "To mine ear" - The sentence in the Hebrew text seems to be imperfect in this place; as likewise in Isaiah 22:14 ; (note), where the very same sense seems to be required as here. See the note there; and compare 1 Samuel 9:15 ; (note). In this place the Septuagint supply the word ηκουσθη , and the Syriac אשתמע eshtama , auditus est Jehovah in auribus meis , i.e., נגלה niglah , as in Isaiah 22:14 . Many houses - This has reference to what was said in the... 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 5:9

Either something has fallen out in the first clause of this verse, or there is a most unusual ellipse of the verb " said " which our translators have supplied, very properly. There seems to be nothing emphatic in the words, "on mine ears" ( see Isaiah 22:14 ; Ezekiel 9:1 , Ezekiel 9:5 ; Ezekiel 10:13 ). Many houses shall be desolate. The greed of adding house to house will be punished by the death of those who have so sinned, and the extinction of their families, either through... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:9

In mine ears - This probably refers to the prophet. As if he had said, ‘God has revealed it to me,’ or ‘God has said in my ears,’ i. e, to me. The Septuagint reads it, ‘These things are heard in the ears of the Lord of hosts,’ that is, the wishes” of the man of avarice. The Chaldee, ‘The prophet said, In my ears I have heard; a decree has gone from the Lord of hosts,’ etc.Many houses shall be desolate - Referring to the calamities that should come upon the nation for its crimes. 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 5:9

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 5:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:9

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

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