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Isaiah 5:1

King James Version (KJV)

Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

Translations

Isaiah 5:1 - Amplified Bible

LET ME [as God's representative] sing of {and} for my greatly Beloved [God, the Son] a tender song of my Beloved concerning His vineyard [His chosen people]. My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. [S. of Sol. 6:3; Matt. 21:33-40.]

Isaiah 5:1 - American Standard Version

Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

Isaiah 5:1 - Bible in Basic English

Let me make a song about my loved one, a song of love for his vine-garden. My loved one had a vine-garden on a fertile hill:

Isaiah 5:1 - Darby Bible

I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard: My well-beloved had a vineyard upon a fruitful hill.

Isaiah 5:1 - English Standard Version

Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

Isaiah 5:1 - King James Version

Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

Isaiah 5:1 - La Biblia de las Americas

Cantaré ahora a mi amado,
el canto de mi amado acerca de su viña.
Mi bien amado tenìa una viña en una fértil colina.

Isaiah 5:1 - The Message

I’ll sing a ballad to the one I love, a love ballad about his vineyard: The one I love had a vineyard, a fine, well-placed vineyard.
He hoed the soil and pulled the weeds,
   and planted the very best vines.
He built a lookout, built a winepress,
   a vineyard to be proud of.
He looked for a vintage yield of grapes,
   but for all his pains he got junk grapes.

Isaiah 5:1 - New American Standard Bible

Let me sing now for my well-beloved A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

Isaiah 5:1 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Cantaré ahora a mi amado,
El canto de mi amado acerca de Su viña.
Mi bien amado tenìa una viña en una fértil colina.

Isaiah 5:1 - World English Bible

Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well beloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

Isaiah 5:1 - Young's Living Translation

Let me sing, I pray you, for my beloved, A song of my beloved as to his vineyard: My beloved hath a vineyard in a fruitful hill,

Isaiah 5:1 - Additional Comments

(5:1-15)
Suppose you have a grown child, in whose life you have planted, watered in fertile soil, and watched grow. Wouldn't you expect them to yield good fruit? But sadly, lately, all that you've seen has been worthless fruit. So, what do you do? Warn of the penalties of sin? Get someone else to warn them? What if you asked one of their friends to convey the message - would it work?

Now, suppose you see God, looking at his chosen people, in whom He has planted, watered in fertile soil, and watched grow. Wasn't God expecting good fruit? Yet, they continually delivered wicked fruit. So, what should God do to get His people going in the right direction? What He did was to send His words, His warnings, for 44 years through the prophet Isaiah. We see this in the first 5 books of Isaiah.

Background
" In the Dead Sea Scrolls, the 2,100-year old Isaiah Scroll, the "Great Isaiah Scroll", is the only complete scroll in the cache of 220 biblical scrolls discovered in a cave in Qumran on the northwestern coast of the Dead Sea. Adolfo Roitman, curator of the Shrine of the Book Museum in Jerusalem, where the Dead Sea scrolls are kept, says that Isaiah was the most popular prophet of the Second Temple period (when it stood between 516 BC and 70 AD): 21 copies of the scroll were found in Qumran.
" Primarily the book is dedicated to warning people to turn back to God. In the first 39 chapters, Isaiah prophesies doom for a sinful Judah and for all the nations of the world that oppose God. The last 27 chapters prophesy the restoration of the nation of Israel.
" Isaiah means "salvation is from Jehovah". This book is about Isaiah, and he is traditionally considered to be its author. He was a young noble who had access to the court. He was married about 6 years into his ministry, and they had 2 sons. He had received the finest education available.
" Isaiah prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah (or Azariah), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, the kings of Judah. Isaiah must have begun his career a few years before Uzziah's death. He lived till the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, and may have been contemporary for some years with Manasseh. Isaiah prophesied for at least forty-four years.

" Dates:
o In 722 BC, Northern Kingdom (Israel) was destroyed by Assyrians; 10 tribes were exiled.
o 810-758 BC, or 787-735 BC, Uzziah (Azariah), good king, 52 years (2 Kings 15:2). He started his reign at 16 years old.
o 758-742 BC, or 794-733 BC, Jotham, good king, 16 years (2 Kings 15:33). He started his reign at 25 years old. (According to Roman tradition, Rome was founded during this time by the twins Romulus and Remus, on 21 April 753 BC.)
o 742-726 BC, or 732-716 BC, Ahaz, wicked king, 16 years (2 Kings 16:2). He started his reign at 22 years old.
o 726-697 BC, or 715-686 BC, Hezekiah, the best king, 29 years (2 Kings 18:2). He started his reign at 25 years old. "... after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor who were before him." (2 Kings 18:5)
o Afterwards, Manasseh (the worst king - 2 Kings 21:1-17), Amon, Josiah, Jehoahaz, and Jehoakim reign, until Babylon besieges Israel in 606 BC, and first temple (Solomon's) is destroyed and Judah falls, in 588/585/587 BC.

When Isaiah began his ministry, Baal and Moloch were worshipped in Jerusalem. There was no religious depth, and the moral fiber was gone. These are addressed in the first five books of Isaiah.

Ask: Why does God compare Judah to a vineyard?
Suggestion: Compare verses 1-7 to John 15:1-2.
(John 15:1) "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
" Ask: why does Jesus compare Himself to a vine?
" This is probably at the close of the last supper. They may still be at the table.
" In Isaiah 5, God intended for Israel to be a healthy vineyard, but they failed. Jesus then became the fulfillment of the Law, the true vine. God is the one who is the farmer, the one who feeds the plants, nourishes them, makes sure they are healthy, works to prevent injury, pain, enemies from hurting the plant.
" Jesus is the true vine. Any other vine (other religions, self, things of this world, etc.) may look like they can provide the needed strength and nourishment, but are false. Trusting in them will only lead to failure and death. What do you trust for strength?

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