Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 5

110 catchwords987 parallels

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Isaiah 5 . 1 , Under the parable of a vineyard , God excuses his severe judgment; Isaiah 5 . 8 , His judgments upon covetousness; Isaiah 5 . 11 , upon lasciviousness; Isaiah 5 . 13 , upon impiety; Isaiah 5 . 20 , and upon injustice; Isaiah 5 . 26 , the executioners of God’s judgments.

Isaiah 5:1

I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Isaiah 5:1 · BSB

Now4 parallels

wellbeloved4 parallels

touching10 parallels

Reciprocal27 parallels

a very fruitful hill Heb. the horn of the son of oil

Isaiah 5:2

He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

Isaiah 5:2 · BSB

fenced it6 parallels

or , made a wall about it

planted1 parallel

the choicest vine1 parallel

Sorek in Arabic , sharik certainly denotes an excellent vine; but some with Bp. Lowth , retain it as a proper name. Sorek was a valley lying between Askelon and Gaza , so called from the excellence of its vines

and built2 parallels

a winepress4 parallels

he looked10 parallels

wild grapes3 parallels

Reciprocal15 parallels

made Heb. hewed

Isaiah 5:3

“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

Isaiah 5:3 · BSB

judge13 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?

Isaiah 5:4 · BSB

the whole verse9 parallels

Reciprocal25 parallels

Isaiah 5:5

Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.

Isaiah 5:5 · BSB

go to2 parallels

I will take10 parallels

trodden down8 parallels

Heb. for a treading

Reciprocal29 parallels

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

Isaiah 5:6 · BSB

I will lay14 parallels

it shall2 parallels

also8 parallels

Reciprocal31 parallels

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

Isaiah 5:7 · BSB

the vineyard3 parallels

his pleasant plant5 parallels

Heb. plant of his pleasures

he looked11 parallels

oppression2 parallels

Heb. a scab

a cry14 parallels

Reciprocal27 parallels

but The paronomasia , or play of words , is very remarkable here . he looked for mishpat "judgment ," but behold mispach "oppression;" for tzedakah "justice ," but behold tzedkah "a cry."

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.

Isaiah 5:8 · BSB

them5 parallels

field1 parallel

they2 parallels

Heb. ye placed

Reciprocal18 parallels

Isaiah 5:9

I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.

Isaiah 5:9 · BSB

In mine ears , said2 parallels

or , This is in mine ears , saith , etc

Of a truth7 parallels

etc. Heb. If not many houses desolate , etc. desolate

Reciprocal16 parallels

Isaiah 5:10

For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”

Isaiah 5:10 · BSB

one5 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Isaiah 5:11

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

Isaiah 5:11 · BSB

rise15 parallels

inflame4 parallels

or , pursue

Reciprocal13 parallels

Isaiah 5:12

At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

Isaiah 5:12 · BSB

the harp8 parallels

they regard7 parallels

Reciprocal30 parallels

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.

Isaiah 5:13 · BSB

my people4 parallels

because10 parallels

honourable men are famished4 parallels

Heb. glory are men of famine

multitude2 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!

Isaiah 5:14 · BSB

hell8 parallels

opened2 parallels

he that rejoiceth14 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

Isaiah 5:15

So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.

Isaiah 5:15 · BSB

the mean12 parallels

the eyes9 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

Isaiah 5:16

But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

Isaiah 5:16 · BSB

the Lord9 parallels

God that is holy6 parallels

or , the holy God , Heb. the God the holy

sanctified6 parallels

Reciprocal19 parallels

Isaiah 5:17

Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

Isaiah 5:17 · BSB

shall the lambs9 parallels

the waste8 parallels

strangers6 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

Isaiah 5:18

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

Isaiah 5:18 · BSB

draw22 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

Isaiah 5:19

to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

Isaiah 5:19 · BSB

Let him10 parallels

let the3 parallels

Reciprocal22 parallels

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.

Isaiah 5:20 · BSB

them12 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

call evil good Heb. say concerning evil , It is good , etc

Isaiah 5:21

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

Isaiah 5:21 · BSB

wise9 parallels

Reciprocal17 parallels

in their own sight Heb. before their face

Isaiah 5:22

Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,

Isaiah 5:22 · BSB

mighty6 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Isaiah 5:23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

Isaiah 5:23 · BSB

justify5 parallels

for reward6 parallels

take7 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

Isaiah 5:24

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 5:24 · BSB

devoureth7 parallels

the flame2 parallels

their root4 parallels

cast away12 parallels

despised6 parallels

Reciprocal16 parallels

fire Heb. tongue of fire

Isaiah 5:25

Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Isaiah 5:25 · BSB

the anger9 parallels

stretched2 parallels

the hills9 parallels

torn10 parallels

or , as dung

For all9 parallels

Reciprocal21 parallels

Isaiah 5:26

He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!

Isaiah 5:26 · BSB

he will3 parallels

hiss2 parallels

end5 parallels

they5 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Isaiah 5:27

None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

Isaiah 5:27 · BSB

shall be2 parallels

neither11 parallels

nor the latchet1 parallel

Reciprocal2 parallels

Isaiah 5:28

Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

Isaiah 5:28 · BSB

arrows4 parallels

their horses'6 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

Isaiah 5:29

Their roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away from deliverance.

Isaiah 5:29 · BSB

roaring9 parallels

lay hold5 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

Isaiah 5:30

In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.

Isaiah 5:30 · BSB

like5 parallels

if one look15 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

sorrow or , distress

and the light etc. or , when it is light , it shall be dark in the destructions thereof

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web7 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Matthew 21:33 → Isaiah 5:1-7, Luke 20:9-19 → Isaiah 5:1, John 15:1-8 → Isaiah 5:1-7
Trajectories
Vine and Vineyard (True Israel), Thorns and Thistles (Curse of Fruitlessness)
Chiasms
Shaped Isaiah 5:1–7, Isaiah 5:8–30
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