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Isaiah 5:7-16
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
Isaiah 5:7-16
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel: and the man of Juda, his pleasant plant: and I looked that he should do judgment, and behold iniquity: and do justice, and behold a cry.
8 Woe to you that join house to house and lay field to field, even to the end of the place: shall you alone dwell in the midst of the earth?
9 These things are in my ears, saith the Lord of hosts: unless many great and fair houses shall become desolate, without an inhabitant.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one little measure, and thirty bushels of seed shall yield three bushels.
11 Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink till the evening, to be inflamed with wine.
12 The harp, and the lyre, and the timbrel, and the pipe, and wine are in your feasts: and the work of the Lord you regard not, nor do you consider the works of his hands.
13 Therefore is my people led away captive, because they had not knowledge, and their nobles have perished with famine, and their multitude were dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore hath hell enlarged her soul, and opened her mouth without any bounds, and their strong ones, and their people, and their high and glorious ones shall go down into it.
15 And man shall be brought down, and man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low.
16 And the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be sanctified in justice.
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Isaiah 5:7-16
New International Version
Isaiah 5:7-16
New International Version
7 The vineyard(A) of the Lord Almighty
is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,(B) but saw bloodshed;
for righteousness,(C) but heard cries of distress.(D)
Woes and Judgments
8 Woe(E) to you who add house to house
and join field to field(F)
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.
9 The Lord Almighty(G) has declared in my hearing:(H)
“Surely the great houses will become desolate,(I)
the fine mansions left without occupants.
10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[a] of wine;
a homer[b] of seed will yield only an ephah[c] of grain.”(J)
11 Woe(K) to those who rise early in the morning
to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
till they are inflamed with wine.(L)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
pipes(M) and timbrels(N) and wine,
but they have no regard(O) for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands.(P)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile(Q)
for lack of understanding;(R)
those of high rank(S) will die of hunger
and the common people will be parched with thirst.(T)
14 Therefore Death(U) expands its jaws,
opening wide its mouth;(V)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
with all their brawlers and revelers.(W)
15 So people will be brought low(X)
and everyone humbled,(Y)
the eyes of the arrogant(Z) humbled.
16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted(AA) by his justice,(AB)
and the holy God will be proved holy(AC) by his righteous acts.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:10 That is, about 6 gallons or about 22 liters
- Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 360 pounds or about 160 kilograms
- Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
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