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5 And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard:
aI will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;
And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. 
6 I will lay it awaste;
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.” 
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
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

8 Woe to those who1 join ahouse to house;
They add field to field,
Till there is no place
Where they may dwell alone in the midst of the land! 
9 aIn my hearing the Lord of hosts said,
“Truly, many houses shall be desolate,
Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant. 
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one abath,
And a homer of seed shall yield one1 ephah.” 
11 aWoe to those who rise early in the morning,
That they may1 follow intoxicating drink;
Who continue until night, till wine inflames them! 
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Isaiah 5:7

And he looked for judgment - The paronomasia, or play on the words, in this place, is very remarkable; mishpat , mishpach , tsedakah , tseakah . There are many examples of it in the other prophets, but Isaiah seems peculiarly fond of it. See Isaiah 13:6, Isaiah 24:17, Isaiah 32:7, Isaiah 28:1, Isaiah 57:6, Isaiah 61:3, Isaiah 65:11, Isaiah 65:12. Rabbi David Kimchi has noticed the paronomasia here: he expected mishpat , judgment, but behold mishpach , oppression; he expected tsedakah , righteousness, but behold tseakah , a cry. The rabbins esteem it a great beauty; their term for it is tsachoth haltashon , elegance of language.

Oppression "tyranny" - mishpach , from shaphach , servum fecit , Arab. Houbigant: shiphchah is serva , a handmaid or female slave. mispach , eighteen MSS.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Isaiah 5:7:

Genesis 49:8
Deuteronomy 32:32
Deuteronomy 32:32
Isaiah 29:17
Micah 1:14

 

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