King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
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.
Complete Jewish Bible:
He dug up its stones and cleared them away, planted it with the choicest vines, built a watchtower in the middle of it, and carved out in its rock a winepress. He expected it to produce good grapes, but it produced only sour, wild grapes.
Berean Standard Bible:
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!
American Standard Version:
and he digged 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 hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
And he fenced{H5823} it, and gathered out the stones{H5619} thereof, and planted{H5193} it with the choicest vine{H8321}, and built{H1129} a tower{H4026} in the midst{H8432} of it, and also made{H2672} a winepress{H3342} therein: and he looked{H6960} that it should bring forth{H6213} grapes{H6025}, and it brought forth{H6213} wild grapes{H891}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Jeremiah 2:21
- Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
Deuteronomy 32:32
- For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters [are] bitter:
Deuteronomy 32:33
- Their wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Isaiah 1:2
- ¶ Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Isaiah 1:4
- Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Mark 11:13
- And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not [yet].
1 Corinthians 9:7
- Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
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Commentary for Isaiah 5:2
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H5823
There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עָזַק
Transliteration: ʻâzaq
Pronunciation: aw-zak'
Description: a primitive root; to grub over; fence about. - Strong's Number: H5619
There are 20 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: סָקַל
Transliteration: çâqal
Pronunciation: saw-kal'
Description: a primitive root; properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary (as if a delapidation); (cast, gather out, throw) stone(-s), [idiom] surely. - Strong's Number: H5193
There are 55 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָטַע
Transliteration: nâṭaʻ
Pronunciation: naw-tah'
Description: a primitive root; properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively); fastened, plant(-er). - Strong's Number: H8321
There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שֹׂרֵק
Transliteration: sôrêq
Pronunciation: so-rake'
Description: or שׂוֹרֵק; and (feminine) שֹׂרֵקָה; from שָׁרַק in the sense of redness (compare שָׂרֻק); a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety); choice(-st, noble) wine. Compare שָׂרוּק. - Strong's Number: H1129
There are 345 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בָּנָה
Transliteration: bânâh
Pronunciation: baw-naw'
Description: a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely. - Strong's Number: H4026
There are 45 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מִגְדָּל
Transliteration: migdâl
Pronunciation: mig-dawl'
Description: also (in plural) feminine מִגְדָּלָה; from גָּדַל; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers; castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following. - Strong's Number: H8432
There are 390 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: תָּוֶךְ
Transliteration: tâvek
Pronunciation: taw'-vek
Description: from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in). - Strong's Number: H2672
There are 22 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָצַב
Transliteration: châtsab
Pronunciation: khaw-tsab'
Description: or חָצֵב; a primitive root; to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave; cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason. - Strong's Number: H3342
There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יֶקֶב
Transliteration: yeqeb
Pronunciation: yeh'-keb
Description: from an unused root meaning to excavate; a trough (as dug out); specifically, a wine-vat (whether the lower one, into which the juice drains; or the upper, in which the grapes are crushed); fats, presses, press-fat, wine(-press). - Strong's Number: H6960
There are 45 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: קָוָה
Transliteration: qâvâh
Pronunciation: kaw-vaw'
Description: a primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect; gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon). - Strong's Number: H6213
There are 2286 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עָשָׂה
Transliteration: ʻâsâh
Pronunciation: aw-saw'
Description: a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use. - Strong's Number: H6025
There are 17 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עֵנָב
Transliteration: ʻênâb
Pronunciation: ay-nawb'
Description: from an unused root probably meaning to bear fruit; a grape; (ripe) grape, wine. - Strong's Number: H891
There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בְּאֻשִׁים
Transliteration: bᵉʼushîym
Pronunciation: be-oo-sheem'
Description: plural of בְּאֹשׁ; poison-berries; wild grapes.