ASV_Strong : Isaiah 5
1. Let me sing[H7891] for my wellbeloved[H3039] a song[H7892] of my beloved[H3039] touching his vineyard[H3754]. My wellbeloved[H3039] had a vineyard[H3754] in a very fruitful[H1121] hill[H7161]:
2. and he digged[H5823] it[H5619], and gathered out the stones thereof[H5193], and planted it with the choicest vine[H8321], and built[H1129] a tower[H4026] in the midst[H8432] of it[H2672], and also hewed out a winepress[H3342] therein[H6960]: and he looked that it should bring forth[H6213] grapes[H6025], and it brought forth[H6213] wild grapes[H891].
3. And now[H3427], O inhabitants of Jerusalem[H3389] and men[H376] of Judah[H3063], judge[H8199], I pray you[H3754], betwixt me and my vineyard.
4. What could have been done[H6213] more to my vineyard[H3754], that I have not done[H6213] in it[H4069]? wherefore, when I looked[H6960] that it should bring forth[H6213] grapes[H6025], brought it forth[H6213] wild grapes[H891]?
5. And now I will tell[H3045] you what I will do[H6213] to my vineyard[H3754]: I will take away[H5493] the hedge[H4881] thereof[H1197], and it shall be eaten up; I will break down[H6555] the wall[H1447] thereof[H4823], and it shall be trodden down:
6. and I will lay[H7896] it waste[H1326]; it shall not be pruned[H2168] nor hoed[H5737]; but there shall come up[H5927] briers[H8068] and thorns[H7898]: I will also command[H6680] the clouds[H5645] that they rain[H4305] no rain upon it[H4306].
7. For the vineyard[H3754] of Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] is the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], and the men[H376] of Judah[H3063] his pleasant[H8191] plant[H5194]: and he looked[H6960] for justice[H4941], but[H4939], behold, oppression; for righteousness[H6666], but[H6818], behold, a cry.
8. Woe[H1945] unto them that join[H5060] house[H1004] to house[H1004], that lay[H7126] field[H7704] to field[H7704], till there be no[H657] room[H4725], and ye be made to dwell[H3427] alone in the midst[H7130] of the land[H776]!
9. In mine ears[H241] saith Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], Of a truth[H3808] many[H7227] houses[H1004] shall be desolate[H8047], even great[H1419] and fair[H2896], without inhabitant[H3427].
10. For[H3588] ten[H6235] acres[H6776] of vineyard[H3754] shall yield[H6213] one[H259] bath[H1324], and a homer[H2563] of seed[H2233] shall yield[H6213] but an ephah[H374].
11. Woe[H1945] unto them that rise up early[H7925] in the morning[H1242], that they may follow[H7291] strong drink[H7941]; that tarry[H309] late into the night[H5399], till wine[H3196] inflame them[H1814]!
12. And the harp[H3658] and the lute[H5035], the tabret[H8596] and the pipe[H2485], and wine[H3196], are in their feasts[H4960]; but they regard[H5027] not the work[H6467] of Jehovah[H3068], neither have they considered[H7200] the operation[H4639] of his hands[H3027].
13. Therefore my people[H5971] are gone into captivity[H1540] for lack of knowledge[H1847]; and their honorable[H3519] men[H4962] are famished[H7458], and their multitude[H1995] are parched[H6704] with thirst[H6772].
14. Therefore Sheol[H7585] hath enlarged[H7337] its desire[H6310], and opened[H6473] its mouth[H6310] without measure[H2706]; and their glory[H1926], and their multitude[H1995], and their pomp[H7588], and he that rejoiceth[H5938] among them[H3381], descend into it.
15. And the mean man[H120] is bowed down[H7817], and the great man[H376] is humbled[H8213], and the eyes[H5869] of the lofty[H1364] are humbled[H8213]:
16. but Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635] is exalted[H1361] in justice[H4941], and God[H410] the Holy[H6918] One is sanctified[H6942] in righteousness[H6666].
17. Then shall the lambs[H3532] feed[H7462] as in their pasture[H1699], and the waste places[H2723] of the fat ones[H4220] shall wanderers[H1481] eat[H398].
18. Woe[H1945] unto them that draw[H4900] iniquity[H5771] with cords[H2256] of falsehood[H7723], and sin[H2403] as it were with a cart[H5699] rope[H5688];
19. that say[H559], Let him make speed[H4116], let him hasten[H2363] his work[H4639], that we may see[H7200] it[H6098]; and let the counsel of the Holy One[H6918] of Israel[H3478] draw nigh[H7126] and come[H935], that we may know it[H3045]!
20. Woe[H1945] unto them that call[H559] evil[H7451] good[H2896], and good[H2896] evil[H7451]; that put[H7760] darkness[H2822] for light[H216], and light[H216] for darkness[H2822]; that put[H7760] bitter[H4751] for sweet[H4966], and sweet[H4966] for bitter[H4751]!
21. Woe[H1945] unto them that are wise[H2450] in their own eyes[H5869], and prudent[H995] in their own sight[H6440]!
22. Woe[H1945] unto them that are mighty[H1368] to drink[H8354] wine[H3196], and men[H582] of strength[H2428] to mingle[H4537] strong drink[H7941];
23. that justify[H6663] the wicked[H7563] for[H6118] a bribe[H7810], and take away[H5493] the righteousness[H6666] of the righteous from him[H6662]!
24. Therefore as the tongue of fire[H784] devoureth[H398] the stubble[H7179], and as the dry grass[H2842] sinketh down[H7503] in the flame[H3956], so their root[H8328] shall be as rottenness[H4716], and their blossom[H6525] shall go up[H5927] as dust[H80]; because they have rejected[H3988] the law[H8451] of Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], and despised[H5006] the word[H565] of the Holy One[H6918] of Israel[H3478].
25. Therefore is the anger[H639] of Jehovah[H3068] kindled[H2734] against his people[H5971], and he hath stretched forth[H5186] his hand[H3027] against them[H5221], and hath smitten them[H2022]; and the mountains tremble[H7264], and their dead bodies[H5038] are as refuse[H5478] in the midst[H7130] of the streets[H2351]. For all this his anger[H639] is not turned away[H7725], but his hand[H3027] is stretched out still[H5186].
26. And he will lift up[H5375] an ensign[H5251] to the nations[H1471] from far[H7350], and will hiss[H8319] for them from the end[H7097] of the earth[H776]; and[H935], behold, they shall come with speed[H4120] swiftly[H7031].
27. None shall be weary[H5889] nor stumble[H3782] among them[H5123]; none shall slumber nor sleep[H3462]; neither shall the girdle[H232] of their loins[H2504] be loosed[H6605], nor the latchet[H8288] of their shoes[H5275] be broken[H5423]:
28. whose arrows[H2671] are sharp[H8150], and all their bows[H7198] bent[H1869]; their horses[H5483]' hoofs[H6541] shall be accounted[H2803] as flint[H6862], and their wheels[H1534] as a whirlwind[H5492]:
29. their roaring[H7581] shall be like a lioness[H3833], they shall roar[H7580] like young lions[H3715]; yea[H5098], they shall roar, and lay hold[H270] of the prey[H2964], and carry it away safe[H6403], and there shall be none to deliver[H5337].
30. And they shall roar[H5098] against them in that day[H3117] like the roaring[H5100] of the sea[H3220]: and if one look[H5027] unto the land[H776], behold[H2822], darkness and distress[H6862]; and the light[H216] is darkened[H2821] in the clouds thereof[H6183].
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