Isaiah 5:2

vine. For Israel as this vine, See Isaiah 27:2-6 . Jeremiah 2:21 ; Jeremiah 12:10 . Psalms 80:8 . Hosea 10:1 ; Hosea 14:6-7 , &c. One of the three trees to which Israel is likened: the fig = national privilege; the olive = religious privilege; the vine = spiritual privilege. See note on Judges 9:8-13 ,

tower = a watchtower. winepress = wine-vat. Hebrew. yekeb, not gath, a winepress. See note on Proverbs 3:10 .

wild grapes = bad grapes. Hebrew. beushim, from bashash, to stink. The Hebrew word occurs only in verses: Isaiah 5:2 , Isaiah 5:4 .