23_ISA_05_01 now will I sing to my wellbeloved A song of my beloved touching his vineyard. my wellbeloved hath A vineyard in A very fruitful hill:
23_ISA_05_02 And he fenced 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 made A winepress therein: And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, And it brought forth wild grapes.
23_ISA_05_03 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, And men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me And my vineyard.
23_ISA_05_04 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?
23_ISA_05_05 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, And it shall be eaten up; [ And] break down the wall thereof, And it shall be trodden down:
23_ISA_05_06 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers And thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
23_ISA_05_07 for the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [ Is] the house of Israel, And the men of Judah his pleasant plant: And he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold A cry.
23_ISA_05_08 woe unto them that join house to house, [ that] lay field to field, till [ there be] no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth !
23_ISA_05_09 in mine ears [ said] the LORD of hosts, of A truth Many houses shall be desolate, [ even] great And fair, without inhabitant.
23_ISA_05_10 yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, And the seed of an homer shall yield an Ephah.
23_ISA_05_11 woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [ that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [ till] wine inflame them !
23_ISA_05_12 And the harp, And the viol, the tabret, And pipe, And wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
23_ISA_05_13 therefore my people are gone into captivity, because [ they have] no knowledge: And their honourable men [ are] famished, And their multitude dried up with thirst.
23_ISA_05_14 therefore hell hath enlarged herself, And opened her mouth without measure: And their glory, And their multitude, And their pomp, And he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
23_ISA_05_15 And the mean man shall be brought down, And the mighty man shall be humbled, And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
23_ISA_05_16 but the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, And God that Is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
23_ISA_05_17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, And the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
23_ISA_05_18 woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, And sin as it were with A cart rope:
23_ISA_05_19 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 nigh And come, that we may know [ it] !
23_ISA_05_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 !
23_ISA_05_21 woe unto [ them that are] wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own sight !
23_ISA_05_22 woe unto [ them that are] mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink:
23_ISA_05_23 which justify the wicked for reward, And take away the righteousness of the righteous from him !
23_ISA_05_24 therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, And the flame consumeth the chaff, [ So] their root shall be as rottenness, And their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, And despised the word of the holy one of Israel.
23_ISA_05_25 therefore Is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, And he hath stretched forth his hand against them, And hath smitten them: And the hills did tremble, And their carcases [ were] torn in the midst of the streets. for all this his anger Is not turned away, but his hand [ Is] stretched out still.
23_ISA_05_26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, And will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: And, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
23_ISA_05_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:
23_ISA_05_28 whose arrows [ are] Sharp, And all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, And their wheels like A whirlwind.
23_ISA_05_29 their roaring [ shall be] like A lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, And lay hold of the prey, And shall carry [ it] away safe, And none shall deliver [ it].
23_ISA_05_30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: And if [ one] Look unto the land, behold darkness [ And] sorrow, And the light Is darkened in the heavens thereof.