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Isaiah 5
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5 Let me sing [a]for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in [b]a very fruitful hill: 2 and he digged 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 hewed out a [c]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 I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be [d]eaten up; I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: 6 and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; 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 Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah [e]his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, [f]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 room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! 9 In mine ears saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah. 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them! 12 And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity for lack of knowledge; and [g]their honorable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst. 14 Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their [h]pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend into it. 15 And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled: 16 but Jehovah of hosts is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness. 17 Then shall the lambs feed as in their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall [i]wanderers eat.

18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope; 19 that say, Let him make speed, let him 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 that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the [j]law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. 25 Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse 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 for [k]them from the end of the earth; and, behold, [l]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 accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind: 29 their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver. 30 And they shall roar [m]against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, [n]behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:1 Or, of
  2. Isaiah 5:1 Hebrew a horn, the son of oil.
  3. Isaiah 5:2 Or, wine-vat
  4. Isaiah 5:5 Or, burnt
  5. Isaiah 5:7 Hebrew the plant of his delight.
  6. Isaiah 5:7 Or, shedding of blood
  7. Isaiah 5:13 Hebrew their glory are men of famine.
  8. Isaiah 5:14 Or, tumult
  9. Isaiah 5:17 Or, sojourners
  10. Isaiah 5:24 Or, teaching
  11. Isaiah 5:26 Hebrew him.
  12. Isaiah 5:26 Hebrew he (and in the following verses).
  13. Isaiah 5:30 Or, over
  14. Isaiah 5:30 According to the Massoretic text, behold, darkness; distress and light; it is dark etc.
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Isaías 5
La Biblia de las Américas

Parábola de la viña

5 Cantaré ahora a mi amado,
el canto de mi amado acerca de su viña.
Mi bien amado tenía una viña en una fértil colina[a](A).
2 La cavó por todas partes, quitó sus piedras,
y la plantó de vides escogidas[b](B).
Edificó una torre en medio de ella,
y también excavó en ella un lagar[c];
y esperaba que produjera uvas buenas,
pero solo produjo uvas silvestres[d](C).

3 Y ahora, moradores de Jerusalén y hombres de Judá,
juzgad entre mí y mi viña(D).
4 ¿Qué más se puede hacer por mi viña,
que[e] yo no haya hecho en ella(E)?
¿Por qué, cuando esperaba que produjera uvas buenas,
produjo uvas silvestres[f]?
5 Ahora pues, dejad que os diga
lo que yo he de hacer a mi viña:
quitaré su vallado(F) y será consumida;
derribaré su muro(G) y será hollada(H).
6 Y haré que quede desolada(I);
no será podada ni labrada,
y crecerán zarzas y espinos.
También mandaré a las nubes que no derramen[g] lluvia sobre ella(J).

7 Ciertamente, la viña del Señor de los ejércitos es la casa de Israel,
y los hombres de Judá su plantío delicioso(K).
Él esperaba equidad, pero he aquí derramamiento de sangre(L);
justicia, pero he aquí clamor.

Ayes contra los impíos

8 ¡Ay de los que juntáis casa con casa,
y añadís campo a campo
hasta que no queda sitio alguno,
para habitar vosotros solos en medio de la tierra(M)!
9 A mis oídos el Señor de los ejércitos ha jurado:
Ciertamente muchas casas(N) serán desoladas(O),
grandes y hermosas, pero sin moradores.
10 Porque diez yugadas de viña producirán solo un bato[h] de vino(P),
y un homer[i] de semilla producirá solo un efa[j] de grano(Q).
11 ¡Ay de los que se levantan muy de mañana para ir tras la bebida(R),
de los que trasnochan para que el vino los encienda!
12 En sus banquetes hay lira y arpa, pandero y flauta, y vino(S),
y no contemplan las obras del Señor,
ni ven la obra de sus manos(T).

13 Por eso va cautivo mi pueblo por falta de discernimiento(U);
sus notables están muertos de hambre[k](V)
y su multitud reseca de sed.
14 Por tanto el Seol[l] ha ensanchado su garganta[m](W) y ha abierto sin medida su boca;
y a él desciende el esplendor de Jerusalén[n], su multitud, su alboroto y el que se divertía en ella.
15 El hombre común será humillado y el hombre de importancia abatido,
y los ojos de los altivos serán abatidos(X).
16 Pero el Señor de los ejércitos(Y) será exaltado por su juicio(Z),
y el Dios santo se mostrará santo por su justicia(AA).
17 Entonces pacerán los corderos como en su pastizal(AB),
y en los lugares desolados de los ricos[o], forasteros comerán.

18 ¡Ay de los que arrastran la iniquidad con cuerdas de falsedad[p]
y el pecado como con coyundas de carretas(AC)!
19 Los que dicen: Que se dé prisa, que apresure su obra, para que la veamos;
que se acerque y venga el propósito del Santo de Israel,
para que lo sepamos(AD).
20 ¡Ay de los que llaman al mal bien y al bien mal(AE),
que tienen[q] las tinieblas por luz y la luz por tinieblas(AF),
que tienen[r] lo amargo por dulce y lo dulce por amargo!
21 ¡Ay de los sabios a sus propios ojos
e inteligentes ante sí mismos(AG)!
22 ¡Ay de los héroes para beber vino
y valientes para mezclar bebidas(AH),
23 que justifican al impío por soborno(AI)
y quitan al justo su derecho[s](AJ)!

24 Por tanto, como consume el rastrojo la lengua de fuego(AK),
y la hierba seca cae ante la llama,
su raíz(AL) como podredumbre se volverá y su flor como polvo será esparcida[t](AM);
porque desecharon la ley del Señor de los ejércitos,
y despreciaron la palabra del Santo de Israel(AN).
25 Por esta causa se ha encendido la ira del Señor contra su pueblo(AO),
y ha extendido su mano contra ellos y los ha herido;
los montes temblaron(AP) y sus cadáveres yacen[u] como desecho en medio de las calles(AQ).
Con todo esto, no se ha agotado[v] su ira(AR),
y aún está extendida su mano(AS).

26 Alzará estandarte(AT) a la nación lejana[w],
y le silbará(AU) desde los confines de la tierra(AV),
y he aquí, vendrá muy pronto, con rapidez(AW).
27 En ella nadie está cansado ni nadie se tambalea(AX),
ninguno dormita ni duerme;
a ninguno se le ha desatado el cinturón de la cintura(AY),
ni se le ha roto la correa de su sandalia.
28 Sus flechas[x] están afiladas y todos sus arcos entesados(AZ);
los cascos de sus caballos son[y] como pedernal y las[z] ruedas de sus carros como torbellino(BA).
29 Su rugido es como de leona, ruge como leoncillos(BB);
gruñe y atrapa la presa(BC),
y se la lleva sin que nadie la libre(BD).
30 En aquel día gruñirá sobre ella como el bramido del mar(BE).
Si se mira hacia la tierra, he aquí, hay tinieblas y angustia;
aun la luz es oscurecida por sus nubes(BF).

Footnotes

  1. Isaías 5:1 Lit., en un cuerno, hijo de grosura
  2. Isaías 5:2 Lit., una uva de rojo brillante
  3. Isaías 5:2 O, depósito de vino
  4. Isaías 5:2 O, malas
  5. Isaías 5:4 Lit., y
  6. Isaías 5:4 O, malas
  7. Isaías 5:6 Lit., no lluevan
  8. Isaías 5:10 Un bato equivale aprox. a 22 litros
  9. Isaías 5:10 Un homer equivale aprox. a 220 litros
  10. Isaías 5:10 Un efa equivale aprox. a 22 litros
  11. Isaías 5:13 Lit., su gloria son hombres hambrientos
  12. Isaías 5:14 I.e., región de los muertos
  13. Isaías 5:14 O, apetito
  14. Isaías 5:14 Lit., su esplendor
  15. Isaías 5:17 Lit., engordados
  16. Isaías 5:18 O, vanidad
  17. Isaías 5:20 Lit., ponen
  18. Isaías 5:20 Lit., ponen
  19. Isaías 5:23 Lit., justicia
  20. Isaías 5:24 Lit., ascenderá
  21. Isaías 5:25 Lit., eran
  22. Isaías 5:25 Lit., no se ha apartado
  23. Isaías 5:26 Probablemente, Asiria; lit., las naciones
  24. Isaías 5:28 Lit., La cual, sus flechas
  25. Isaías 5:28 Lit., son considerados
  26. Isaías 5:28 Lit., sus
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Isaiah 5
New King James Version

God’s Disappointing Vineyard

5 Now let me sing to my Well-beloved
A song of my Beloved (A)regarding His vineyard:

My Well-beloved has a vineyard
[a]On a very fruitful hill.
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 [b]made a winepress in it;
(B)So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
But it brought forth wild grapes.

3 “And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
(C)Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.
4 What more could have been done to My vineyard
That I have not done in (D)it?
Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes,
Did it bring forth wild grapes?
5 And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard:
(E)I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;
And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will lay it (F)waste;
It shall not be pruned or [c]dug,
But there shall come up briers and (G)thorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”

7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.
He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;
For righteousness, but behold, [d]a cry for help.

Impending Judgment on Excesses

8 Woe to those who [e]join (H)house to house;
They add field to field,
Till there is no place
Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
9 (I)In my hearing the Lord of hosts said,
“Truly, many houses shall be desolate,
Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one (J)bath,[f]
And a homer of seed shall yield one [g]ephah.”

11 (K)Woe to those who rise early in the morning,
That they may [h]follow intoxicating drink;
Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!
12 (L)The harp and the strings,
The tambourine and flute,
And wine are in their feasts;
But (M)they do not regard the work of the Lord,
Nor consider the operation of His hands.

13 (N)Therefore my people have gone into captivity,
Because they have no (O)knowledge;
Their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself
And opened its mouth beyond measure;
Their glory and their multitude and their pomp,
And he who is jubilant, shall descend into it.
15 People shall be brought down,
(P)Each man shall be humbled,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.
16 But the Lord of hosts shall be (Q)exalted in judgment,
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.
17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
And in the waste places of (R)the [i]fat ones strangers shall eat.

18 Woe to those who [j]draw iniquity with cords of [k]vanity,
And sin as if with a cart rope;
19 (S)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 near and come,
That we may know it.”

20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

21 Woe to those who are (T)wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!

22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
23 Who (U)justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away justice from the righteous man!

24 Therefore, (V)as the [l]fire devours the stubble,
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So (W)their root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like dust;
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 (X)Therefore the anger of the Lord is aroused against His people;
He has stretched out His hand against them
And stricken them,
And (Y)the hills trembled.
Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets.

(Z)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

26 (AA)He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar,
And will (AB)whistle to them from (AC)the end of the earth;
Surely (AD)they shall come with speed, swiftly.
27 No one will be weary or stumble among them,
No one will slumber or sleep;
Nor (AE)will the belt on their loins be loosed,
Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;
28 (AF)Whose arrows are sharp,
And all their bows bent;
Their horses’ hooves will [m]seem like flint,
And their wheels like a whirlwind.
29 Their roaring will be like a lion,
They will roar like young lions;
Yes, they will roar
And lay hold of the prey;
They will carry it away safely,
And no one will deliver.
30 In that day they will roar against them
Like the roaring of the sea.
And if one (AG)looks to the land,
Behold, darkness and [n]sorrow;
And the light is darkened by the clouds.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:1 Lit. In a horn, the son of fatness
  2. Isaiah 5:2 Lit. hewed out
  3. Isaiah 5:6 hoed
  4. Isaiah 5:7 wailing
  5. Isaiah 5:8 Accumulate houses
  6. Isaiah 5:10 1 bath=1⁄10 homer
  7. Isaiah 5:10 1 ephah=1⁄10 homer
  8. Isaiah 5:11 pursue
  9. Isaiah 5:17 Lit. fatlings, rich ones
  10. Isaiah 5:18 drag
  11. Isaiah 5:18 emptiness or falsehood
  12. Isaiah 5:24 Lit. tongue of fire
  13. Isaiah 5:28 Lit. be regarded as
  14. Isaiah 5:30 distress
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Isaiah 5
New International Version

The Song of the Vineyard

5 I will sing for the one I love
    a song about his vineyard:(A)
My loved one had a vineyard
    on a fertile hillside.
2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones
    and planted it with the choicest vines.(B)
He built a watchtower(C) in it
    and cut out a winepress(D) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
    but it yielded only bad fruit.(E)

3 “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.(F)
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?(G)
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?(H)
5 Now I will tell you
    what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
    and it will be destroyed;(I)
I will break down its wall,(J)
    and it will be trampled.(K)
6 I will make it a wasteland,(L)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns(M) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain(N) on it.”

7 The vineyard(O) 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,(P) but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness,(Q) but heard cries of distress.(R)

Woes and Judgments

8 Woe(S) to you who add house to house
    and join field to field(T)
till no space is left
    and you live alone in the land.

9 The Lord Almighty(U) has declared in my hearing:(V)

“Surely the great houses will become desolate,(W)
    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.”(X)

11 Woe(Y) 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.(Z)
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
    pipes(AA) and timbrels(AB) and wine,
but they have no regard(AC) for the deeds of the Lord,
    no respect for the work of his hands.(AD)
13 Therefore my people will go into exile(AE)
    for lack of understanding;(AF)
those of high rank(AG) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.(AH)
14 Therefore Death(AI) expands its jaws,
    opening wide its mouth;(AJ)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
    with all their brawlers and revelers.(AK)
15 So people will be brought low(AL)
    and everyone humbled,(AM)
    the eyes of the arrogant(AN) humbled.
16 But the Lord Almighty will be exalted(AO) by his justice,(AP)
    and the holy God will be proved holy(AQ) by his righteous acts.
17 Then sheep will graze as in their own pasture;(AR)
    lambs will feed[d] among the ruins of the rich.

18 Woe(AS) to those who draw sin along with cords(AT) of deceit,
    and wickedness(AU) as with cart ropes,
19 to those who say, “Let God hurry;
    let him hasten(AV) his work
    so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One(AW) of Israel—
    let it approach, let it come into view,
    so we may know it.”(AX)

20 Woe(AY) to those who call evil good(AZ)
    and good evil,(BA)
who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,(BB)
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter.(BC)

21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes(BD)
    and clever in their own sight.

22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine(BE)
    and champions at mixing drinks,(BF)
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,(BG)
    but deny justice(BH) to the innocent.(BI)
24 Therefore, as tongues of fire(BJ) lick up straw(BK)
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay(BL)
    and their flowers blow away like dust;(BM)
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
    and spurned the word(BN) of the Holy One(BO) of Israel.
25 Therefore the Lord’s anger(BP) burns against his people;
    his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,(BQ)
    and the dead bodies(BR) are like refuse(BS) in the streets.(BT)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(BU)
    his hand is still upraised.(BV)

26 He lifts up a banner(BW) for the distant nations,
    he whistles(BX) for those at the ends of the earth.(BY)
Here they come,
    swiftly and speedily!
27 Not one of them grows tired(BZ) or stumbles,
    not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt(CA) is loosened at the waist,(CB)
    not a sandal strap is broken.(CC)
28 Their arrows are sharp,(CD)
    all their bows(CE) are strung;
their horses’ hooves(CF) seem like flint,
    their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.(CG)
29 Their roar is like that of the lion,(CH)
    they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize(CI) their prey
    and carry it off with no one to rescue.(CJ)
30 In that day(CK) they will roar over it
    like the roaring of the sea.(CL)
And if one looks at the land,
    there is only darkness(CM) and distress;(CN)
    even the sun will be darkened(CO) by clouds.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:10 That is, about 6 gallons or about 22 liters
  2. Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 360 pounds or about 160 kilograms
  3. Isaiah 5:10 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
  4. Isaiah 5:17 Septuagint; Hebrew / strangers will eat
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