Isaiah 5:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
5 1 Under the similitude of the vine, he describeth the state of the people. 8 Of their avarice. 11 Their drunkenness. 13 Of their captivity.
1 Now will [a]I sing to my [b]beloved a song of my beloved to his vineyard, (A)My beloved had a [c]vineyard in a very fruitful hill.
2 And he hedged it, and gathered out the stones of it, and he planted it with the best plants, [d]and he built a tower in the midst thereof, and made a winepress therein, then he looked that it should bring forth grapes: but it brought forth [e]wild grapes.
3 Now therefore, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, [f]between me and my vineyard.
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- Isaiah 5:1 The Prophet by this song doth set before the people’s eyes their ingratitude, and God’s mercy.
- Isaiah 5:1 That is, to God.
- Isaiah 5:1 Meaning, that he had planted his Church in a place most plentiful and abundant.
- Isaiah 5:2 He spared no diligence nor cost.
- Isaiah 5:2 In the seventh verse he declareth what they were.
- Isaiah 5:3 He maketh them judges in their own cause, forasmuch as it was evident that they were the cause of their own ruin.
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