Israel had given themselves over to strong drink v.11Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:11 and merriment while ignoring the LORD. v.12Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:12 They were excessively sinful in all their ways,v.18Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:18 substituting evil for good, and calling good evil.v.20Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:20 While they did not regard the work of the LORD, they sarcastically called upon the LORD to show himself.v.19Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:19 They justified the wicked, robbed the righteous of their righteousness,v.23Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:23 cast away the law of the LORD, and despised his word.v.24Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:24 Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against them.v.25Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:25 They were taken into captivity v.13Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:13 and the invading armies put multitudes into hell (the grave).v.14Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:14 God caused the nations to come against his people like wild beasts, invincible in the overthrow of Israel.vs.26-30Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:26-30 Nevertheless, we can look forward to the time soon to come when this process will be reversed and Israel will be invincible as they return to the land. Micah 5:8Waiting for response for Micah 5:8
Verses 1-10
Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:1-10A common metaphor in the Bible is the vineyard by which God’s people are likened to vines which should bring forth good fruit. Isaiah uses this figure, “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”.v.7Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:7 God cultivated Israel vs.1-2Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:1-2 but it failed to produce the desired fruit.vs.3-4Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:3-4 The consequence was that the vineyard, Israel, would be laid waste:vs.5-6Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:5-6 and it remained so for centuries. Each family in Israel had its own inheritance of land so there should have been no great landowners among them, but some “joined house to house and field to field” to live alone in the midst of vast estates.v.8Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:8 Therefore their houses were to be made desolate v.9Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:9 and the land unproductive.v.10Waiting for response for Isaiah 5:10