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10 For (A)ten [a]acres of vineyard will yield only one [b]bath of wine,
And a [c](B)homer of seed will yield but an [d]ephah of grain.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:10 One acre is what oxen could plow in one day
  2. Isaiah 5:10 A bath was approx. 6 gal. or 23 l
  3. Isaiah 5:10 A homer was approx. 6.5 bu. or 230 l
  4. Isaiah 5:10 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l

10 For (A)you have forgotten the (B)God of your salvation
And have not remembered the (C)rock of your strong defense.
Therefore you plant delightful plants
And set them with vine branches of a strange god.
11 In the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in,
And in the (D)morning you cause your seed to flourish;
But the harvest will (E)be a heap
In a day of sickliness and incurable pain.

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