That I have not done in ait?
Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes,
Did it bring forth wild grapes?
aI will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;
And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
It shall not be pruned or1 dug,
But there shall come up briers and bthorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”
And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.
He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;
For righteousness, but behold,1 a cry for help.
Impending Judgment on Excesses
They add field to field,
Till there is no place
Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
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Isaiah 5:5
Go to - The Hebrew word here is one that is commonly rendered, ' I pray you,' and is used "to call the attention to" what is said. It is the word from which we have derived the adverb "now," nā' .
I will take away the hedge - A "hedge" is a fence of thorns, made by suffering thorn-bushes to grow so thick that nothing can pass through them. Here it means that God would withdraw his protection from the Jews, and leave them exposed to be overrun and trodden down by their enemies, as a vineyard would be by wild beasts if it were not protected.
The wall ... - Vineyards, it seems, had a "double" enclosure. - "Gesenius." Such a double protection might be necessary, as some animals might scale a wall that would yet find it impossible to pass through a thorn-hedge. The sense here is, that though the Jews had been protected in every way possible, yet that protection would be withdrawn, and they would be left defenseless.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 5:5:
Job 1:10
Psalms 80:8
Psalms 139:21
Isaiah 3:14
Isaiah 5:2
Isaiah 5:3
Isaiah 5:4
Isaiah 5:4
Isaiah 5:6
Isaiah 48:18
Jeremiah 5:10
Joel 1:7
Micah 2:13
Micah 7:11-12
John 1:11
John 15:1
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