Isaiah 5
1. Now will I sing * to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard.My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
2. And he fenced * it, and gathered out the stones * thereof, and planted * it with the choicest vine, and built * a tower in the midst of it, and also made * a winepress therein: and he looked * that it should bring forth * grapes, and it brought forth * wild grapes.
3. And now, O inhabitants * of Jerusalem,and men of Judah, judge * , I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
4. What could have been done * more to my vineyard, that I have not done * in it? wherefore, when I looked * that it should bring forth * grapes, brought it forth * wild grapes?
5. And now go to; I will tell * you what I will do * to my vineyard: I will take away * the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up * ; and break down * the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
6. And I will lay * it waste: it shall not be pruned * , nor digged * ; but there shall come up * briers and thorns: I will also command * the clouds that they rain * no rain upon it.
7. For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked * for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
8. Woe unto them that join * house to house, that lay * field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed * alone in the midst of the earth !
9. In mine ears said the LORD of hosts,Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant * .
10. Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield * one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield * an ephah.
11. Woe unto them that rise up early * in the morning, that they may follow * strong drink; that continue * until night,till wine inflame * them!
12. And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard * not the work of the LORD, neither consider * the operation of his hands.
13. Therefore my people are gone into captivity * , because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
14. Therefore hell hath enlarged * herself, and opened * her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth,shall descend * into it.
15. And the mean man shall be brought down * , and the mighty man shall be humbled * , and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled * :
16. But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted * in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified * in righteousness.
17. Then shall the lambs feed * after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers * eat * .
18. Woe unto them that draw * iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
19. That say * , Let him make speed * , and hasten * his work, that we may see * it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh * and come * , that we may know * it!
20. Woe unto them that call * evil good, and good evil; that put * darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put * bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter !
21. Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent * in their own sight !
22. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink * wine, and men of strength to mingle * strong drink:
23. Which justify * the wicked for reward, and take away * the righteousness of the righteous from him!
24. Therefore as the fire devoureth * the stubble, and the flame consumeth * the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up * as dust: because they have cast away * the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised * the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25. Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled * against his people, and he hath stretched forth * his hand against them, and hath smitten * them: and the hills did tremble * , and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away * , but his hand is stretched out * still.
26. And he will lift up * an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss * unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come * with speed swiftly:
27. None shall be weary nor stumble * among them; none shall slumber * nor sleep * ; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed * , nor the latchet of their shoes be broken * :
28. Whose arrows are sharp * , and all their bows bent * , their horses'hoofs shall be counted * like flint,and their wheels like a whirlwind:
29. Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar * like young lions: yea, they shall roar * , and lay hold * of the prey, and shall carry it away safe * , and none shall deliver * it.
30. And in that day they shall roar * against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look * unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened * in the heavens thereof.
