Isaiah 5
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The Great Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found at Qumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter. | |
| Book | Book of Isaiah |
| Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 23 |
| Category | Nevi'im |
Isaiah 5 is the fifth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets.[3][4]
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 30 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
This chapter can be grouped:
- Isaiah 5:1-7 = God’s Disappointing Vineyard
- Isaiah 5:8-30 = Impending Judgment on Excesses
Verse 1
- Now let me sing to my Well-beloved
- A song of my Beloved regarding His vineyard:
- My Well-beloved has a vineyard
- On a very fruitful hill.[7]
The prophecy was probably delivered about the same time as the second and third chapters, in Uzziah's reign (Compare Isaiah 5:15, 16 with Isaiah 2:17; and Isaiah 5:1 with Isaiah 3:14), but the end of the chapter alludes generally to the still distant invasion of Assyrians in a later reign (compare Isaiah 5:26 with Isaiah 7:18; and Isaiah 5:25 with Isaiah 9:12).[8]
Isaiah alludes plainly to the Song of Solomon (Songs 6:3; 8:11, 12), in the words "His vineyard" and "my Beloved" (compare Isaiah 26:20; 61:10, with Songs 1:4; 4:10). The transition from "branch" (Isaiah 4:2) to "vineyard" here is not unnatural. Israel God’s vineyard; his mercies, and their unfruitfulness; should be laid waste, Isaiah 5:1-7. Judgments upon covetousness, Isaiah 5:8-10; upon drunkards, and the lascivious, Isaiah 5:11,12. The great misery of the Jews, Isaiah 5:13-17. Judgments on impiety, scoffers at God’s threatenings, those who corrupt the notions of good and ill, strong drinkers, and unjust judges, Isaiah 5:18-23. God’s anger and the Chaldeans’ army against them, Isaiah 5:24-30.[8]
Verse 2
- He dug it up and cleared out its stones,
- And planted it with the choicest vine.
- He built a tower in its midst,
- And also made a winepress in it;
- So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
- But it brought forth wild grapes.[9]
- "tower" was used to watch the vineyard against the depredations of man or beast, and for the use of the owner (Matthew 21:33).[8]
See also
- Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen
- Related Bible parts: Exodus 32, Song of Songs, Isaiah 11, Matthew 21, Romans 1, Romans 12
Notes and references
- ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ↑ J. D. Davis. 1960. A Dictionary of The Bible. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House.
- ↑ Therodore Hiebert, et.al. 1996. The New Intrepreter's Bible: Volume: VII. Nashville: Abingdon.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Dead sea scrolls - Isaiah
- ↑ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Toy (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 37 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Isaiah 5:1
- 1 2 3 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
- ↑ Isaiah 5:2