Isa 5 | ABEn | STEP | I will sing indeed to the one being loved of me a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. A vineyard became to the one being loved on a horn in [ 2 place 1 a plentiful].

Isaiah 5

CHAPTER 5 Parable of the Vineyard

1 I will sing indeed to the one being loved of me a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. A vineyard became to the one being loved on a horn in [²place ¹a plentiful]. 2 And [²a barrier ¹I put] around it, and I built a palisade, and planted a grapevine, a choice vine; and I built a tower in the midst of it; and [²a wine press ¹I dug] in it; and I waited for it to produce the grape, and it produced thorn-bushes. 3 And now, O ones dwelling in Jerusalem, and O man of Judah, judge then [²me ³and ¹between] my vineyard! 4 What shall I do still to my vineyard that I did not do to it? For I waited for it to produce a grape, but it produced thorn-bushes. 5 Now then I will announce to you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its barrier, and it will be for ravaging. And I will demolish its wall, and it will be for trampling. 6 And I will forsake my vineyard; for in no way should it be pruned, neither shall it be dug. And [²shall ascend ³into ⁴it ⁵as ⁶in ⁷an uncultivated land ¹the thorn-bush]. And [²to the ³clouds ¹I will give charge] to not rain [²upon ³it ¹any rain]. 7 For the vineyard of the lord of Hosts [²the house ³of Israel ¹is], and the man of Judah is the newly planted one being loved. I waited for it to produce equity, but it produced lawlessness; and not righteousness, but a cry. 8 Woe to the ones joining together house to house, and [²field ³to ⁴field ¹nearing], that [³of their neighbor ¹they should remove ²anything]; will you not live alone upon the land? 9 For it was heard in the ears of the lord of Hosts about these things. For even if there should become [²residences ¹many] in desolation, and they shall be great and good, but there will not be ones dwelling in them. 10 For where [⁴work ¹ten ²teams ³of oxen] the land will produce [²clay vessel ¹one]; and the one sowing [²large measures ¹six] shall produce [²measures ¹three].

Woe to the Sinner

11 Woe to the ones arising in the morning and [²liquor ¹pursuing]; the ones waiting late for it; for the wine shall burn with them. 12 For with the harp, and psaltery, and tambourines, and pipes, [²wine ¹they drink]; but the works of the lord they do not look at, and the works of his hands they do not contemplate. 13 Therefore [³captive ¹my people ²became] because of [²not ³knowing ¹their] the lord. And a multitude became dead because of hunger and thirst for water. 14 And [²widened ¹Hades] its breath, and opened wide its mouth to not stop. And [³shall go down ¹the ²honorable ones], and the great, and the rich, and the one exalting in her. 15 And [²shall be abased ¹a people], and [²shall be dishonored ¹a man], and the [²eyes ¹elevated] shall be abased. 16 And [³shall be raised up high ¹the lord ²of Hosts] in judgment; and the [²God ¹holy] shall be glorified in righteousness. 17 And [³shall be grazed ¹the ones ²tearing in pieces] as bulls; and [³the things ⁴of the barren places ⁵of the ones ⁶being taken away ¹lambs ²shall eat]. 18 Woe to the ones drawing sins as with [²rough cord ¹a long], and [²as with ³a yoke ⁴strap ⁵of a heifer ¹lawlessnesses.] 19 The ones saying, Let him quickly approach to do whatever! that we should see it; and let [⁶come ¹the ²counsel ³of the ⁴holy one ⁵of Israel]! that we should know it. 20 Woe to the ones calling evil good, and good evil; the ones making the darkness light, and the light darkness; the ones making the bitter sweet, and the sweet bitter. 21 Woe to the ones wise to themselves, and [²before ³themselves ¹having knowledge]. 22 Woe to your strong ones, the ones drinking wine, and the mighty ones, the ones mixing liquor; 23 the ones justifying the impious because of bribes, and [³for the ⁴just ²justice ¹lifting away]. 24 On account of this, in which manner [²shall be burnt ¹stubble] by a coal of fire, and shall be burnt up by a flame being sent up, their root [²as ³dust ¹will be], and their flower [²as ³a cloud of dust ¹shall ascend]; for they did not want the law of the lord of Hosts; but the oracle of the holy one of Israel they provoked. 25 And [³was enraged ⁴in anger ¹the lord ²of Hosts] against his people. And he put a hand against them, and he struck them. And [³were provoked ¹the ²mountains], and [²became ¹their decaying flesh] as dung in the midst of the way. And in all these [²was not ³turned ¹his rage], but still his hand is high. 26 Accordingly he shall lift up an agreed upon sign among the nations far off; and he shall whistle at them from the uttermost part of the earth; and behold, quickly nimbly they come. 27 They shall not hunger nor tire, nor shall they slumber nor shall they go to sleep, nor shall they untie their belts from their loins, nor shall they tear away the straps of their sandals; 28 whose arrows are sharp, and their bows being stretched tight; the feet of their horses [²as ³solid ⁴rock ¹are considered]; the wheels of their chariots as a blast. 29 They advance as lions, and stand beside as [²cubs ¹lion]; and he shall take hold and shall yell as a wild beast, and he shall cast them out, and there will not be one rescuing them. 30 And he shall yell on account of them in that day, as the sound of the sea swelling up. And they shall look into the heaven upward and below; and behold, [²darkness ¹a hard] in their perplexity.