Isa 5:1-7, Jer 17:6, 44:22, Mar 11:14, 21, Luk 13:7-9 | TSK | STEP | Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment. His judgments upon covetousness; upon lasciviousness; upon impiety; and upon injustice. The executioners of God's judgments. Now. well-beloved. touching. a very fruitful hill. Heb. the horn of the son of oil.

the choicest vine.{Sorek,} in Arabic, {sharik,} certainly denotes an excellent vine; but some with Bp. Lowth, retain it as a proper name. Sorek was a valley lying between Askelon and Gaza, so called from the excellence of its vines.

Jud 16:4

and built.

1:8; Mic 4:8

made. Heb. hewed. a winepress.

63:2,3; Ne 13:15; Re 14:18-20

he looked.

7; 1:2-4,21-23; De 32:6; Mt 21:34; Mr 11:13; 12:2; Lu 13:7; 20:10-18

1Co 9:7

wild grapes.

De 32:32,33; Ho 10:1

judge.

Ps 50:4-6; 51:4; Jer 2:4,5; Mic 6:2,3; Mt 21:40,41; Mr 12:9-12

Lu 20:15,16; Ro 2:5; 3:4

1:5; 2Ch 36:14-16; Jer 2:30,31; 6:29,30; Eze 24:13; Mt 23:37

Ac 7:51-60

go to.

Ge 11:4,7

I will take.

27:10,11; Le 26:31-35; De 28:49-52; 2Ch 36:4-10; Ne 2:3

Ps 74:1-10; 80:12-16; La 1:2-9; 4:12

trodden down. Heb. for a treading.

10:6; 25:10; 28:3,18; La 1:15; Da 8:13; Lu 21:24; Re 11:2

I will lay.

9,10; 6:11,12; 24:1-3,12; 32:13,14; Le 26:33-35; De 29:23

2Ch 36:19-21; Jer 25:11; 45:4; Lu 21:24

it shall.

7:23-25; Ho 3:4

also.

30:23; De 28:23,24; Am 4:7; Zec 14:16,17; Heb 6:6-8; Re 11:6

the vineyard.

Ps 80:8-11,15; Jer 12:10

his pleasant plant. Heb. plant of his pleasures.

62:5; Ps 147:11; 149:4; So 7:6; Zep 3:17

he looked.

2; 58:6-8; Ex 22:22-27; Mic 6:8; Zec 7:9-14; Mt 3:8-10; 23:23

Joh 15:2; 1Co 6:8-11; 1Jo 3:7,8

but.The paronomasia, or play of words, is very remarkable here: he looked for {mishpat,} "judgment," but behold {mispach,} "oppression;" for {tzedakah,} "justice," but behold {tzëdkah,} "a cry."

oppression. Heb. a scab.

1:6; 3:17

a cry.

Ge 4:10; Ex 2:23,24; 3:7; 22:21-24,27; De 15:9; Ne 5:1-5

Job 31:38,39; 34:28; Pr 21:13; Lu 18:7; Jas 5:4