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Isaiah
Chapter 05
1
Now will I sing to my well-beloved
a
song of my beloved touching his vineyard.
My well-beloved has a vineyard in a very fruitful hill.
2
And he fenced it,
and
gathered out the stones thereof,
and
planted it with the choicest vine,
and
built a tower in the middle of it,
and
also made a winepress therein.
And
he looked that it should bring forth grapes,
and
it brought forth wild grapes.
3
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and
men of Judah,
judge,
I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
4
What could have been done more to my vineyard,
that
I have not done in it?
Why,
when I looked that it should bring forth grapes,
brought
it 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.
6 And I will lay it waste.
It shall not be pruned, nor dug.
But there shall come up briers and thorns.
I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
7
For the vineyard of Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts
is
the house of Israel,
and
the men of Judah . . . His pleasant plant.
And
he looked for judgment . . .
but
beheld oppression . . .
for
righteousness . . . but beheld a cry.
8
Woe unto them who join house to house,
who
lay field to field . . .
till
there be no place,
that
they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
9
"In My ears", said Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts,
"Of
a truth many houses shall be desolate,
even
great and fair . . . without inhabitant.
10
Yes, ten acres of vineyard
shall
yield one bath/"40 litres" {bath},
and
the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
{poor agricultural production}
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!
12
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine,
are
in their feasts.
But
they regard not the work of Jehovah/God . . .
neither
consider the operation of His hands.
13
Therefore My people are gone into captivity,
because
they have no 'bible doctrine'/knowledge {da`ath}.
And
their honorable men are famished,
and
their multitude dried up with thirst.
14
Therefore Sheol/Hades {sh@'owl (hell)}
has
enlarged herself,
and
opened her mouth without measure.
And
their glory,
and
their multitude,
and
their pomp,
and
he who rejoices,
shall
descend into it.
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.
16
But Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts
shall
be exalted in judgment.
And
God/'El . . .
Who
is Holy
{qadowsh - His Integrity - Justice and Righteousness}
shall
be sanctified/'set apart' {qadash}
in
righteousness
{ts@daqah - His Perfect Righteousness (what any creature needs
to live with Perfect God for eternity) imputed to believers when
they believe}.
17
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner,
and
the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
18
Woe unto them
who
draw 'punishment for sin'/iniquity {`avon}
with
cords of vanity,
and
sin as it were with a cart rope.
19
That say, 'Let him make speed, and hurry his work . . .
that
we may see it.
And
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel
draw
near and come,
that
we may know it!'
20
Woe unto them who call 'evil' . . . 'good' . . .
and
'good' . . . 'evil'.
Who
appoint/declare 'darkness' for 'light',
and
'light' . . . for darkness.
Who
appoint/declare 'bitter' for 'sweet',
and
'sweet' for 'bitter'!
21
Woe unto them who are wise in their own eyes . . .
and
prudent in their own sight!
{Note: There are two basic viewpoints in the universe. Divine viewpoint and . . . anything else. RBT calls the other 'human viewpoint'. All humans who reach the age of accountability 'think'. They have a form of their own righteousness. However, the 'Ways of God' are not necessarily the 'Ways of men'. Believers are imputed with the righteousness of God. The next step is to acquire the Divine Viewpoint of God through the study of His Word . . . under the ministry of God the Holy Spirit.}
22
Woe unto those who are mighty . . . to drink wine . . .
and
men of strength . . . to mingle strong drink.
23
Which justify the wicked for reward,
and
take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
24
Therefore as the fire devours the stubble,
and
the flame consumes 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 Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts,
and
despised the Word of the Holy One of Israel.
25
Therefore is the anger of Jehovah/God kindled against His people,
and
He has stretched forth His hand against them,
and
has smitten them.
And
the hills did tremble,
and
their carcasses were torn in the middle of the streets.
For
all this His anger is not turned away,
but
His hand is stretched out still.
26~~He
{Jesus Christ} will also lift up a
'guide
on'/standard
{a military assembly point}
to
the nations from far,
and
will whistle
{a whistle command to assemble}
unto
them from the ends of the earth
{re-gathering of the Jews at the 2nd Advent}.
And,
behold, it {the Jewish remnant}
shall
come with speed swiftly.
27~~No one it shall be weary nor stumbles.
No one slumbers in sleep.
Nor
is the belt at its waist undone,
nor
its sandal strap broken.
28
Whose arrows are sharp,
and
all their bows bent,
their
horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint,
and
their wheels like a whirlwind.
29
Their roaring shall be like a lion,
they
shall roar like young lions.
Yes,
they shall roar,
and
lay hold of the prey,
and
shall carry it away safe,
and
none shall deliver it.
{2nd
Advent of Christ verse - see Revelation 1:7}
30~~And
in that day
{end of the Tribulation}
they
shall roar against them
like
the roaring of the sea . . .
and
if one look unto the land {Jewish State}
there
is supernatural darkness and distress . . .
and
the light is supernaturally darkened in the heavens thereof.
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