Isaiah 5
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Summary
Isaiah prophetically speaks about the scattering of Israel and their eventual gathering.
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| (1) Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard din a very fruitful hill: | (1) And then will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard din a very fruitful hill: |
| (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? | (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, it brought forth wild grapes. |
| (5) 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: | (5) 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 I will break down the wall thereof and it shall be trodden down: |
| (7) 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. | (7) 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 judgement and behold, 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 place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! | (8) Woe unto them that join house to house, |
| (9) In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. | (9) In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate and great and fair cities without inhabitant. |
| (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! | (11) Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night and wine inflame them! |
| (21) Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! | (21) Woe unto the 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: | (22) Woe unto the mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: |
| (28) Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: | (28) Whose arrows shall be sharp and all their bows bent, and their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: |
| (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. | (30) And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if they look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. |
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Book of Mormon Central, “How Does Nephi Use Isaiah to Teach Us to Avoid Pride? (2 Nephi 15:21; Isaiah 5:21),” KnoWhy 48 (March 7, 2016).
John Gee, “Not Just Sour Grapes: Jesus’s Interpretation of Isaiah’s Song of the Vineyard,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 21–36.
Donald W. Parry and Janet L. Garrand Willis, “Notes on Vocabulary in Isaiah 2-11, 13-14, 29, 48-54,” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998), 409–422.
David Rolph Seely, “Nephi’s Use of Isaiah 2-14 in 2 Nephi 12-30,” in Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, ed. Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch (Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998), 151–169.
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