Verses 1-2
1, 2. Now will I sing Rather, Let me sing. The singing was in the form of chanting. Such was probably the mode of the delivery of Isaiah’s prophecy concerning this “vineyard” the Jewish Church.
To my… beloved In honour of my beloved, Jehovah, Israel’s manifested deity.
Vineyard The vineyard symbolizes Jehovah’s people the tribes of Israel.
Fruitful hill Literally, on the horn of the son of oil; that is, a high and very fat and fragile ridge.
He fenced it Girded the holy land with isolating limits, and separated Israel from the nations with isolating institutions and laws.
Gathered out the stones A necessary work in preparing for a “vineyard.” The expression symbolizes the casting out the idolatrous tribes that encumbered the land.
Planted… choicest vine The noble stock of Abraham.
Tower in… midst Vineyards and gardens required to be watched, and towers and booths, the former especially, in established vineyards were erected. These terms signify watchful protection: they may also denote the moral influence of the temple and its worship in Jerusalem.
Winepress A press was a necessary equipment to a rich vineyard. The expressed juice of the grape is here symbolical of the refreshing spiritual strength derived from the worship of Jehovah.
He looked He expected, awaited, a good crop; symbolic of a fruitful religious character. But wild grapes only appeared; a bad fruitage, emblematic of bad men, bad principles, base idolatry.
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