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 .