Isaiah_Chapter 5

I will sing for my beloved, it is the song of my beloved, about his vineyard. My dear has a vineyard on the fertile hills.

He dug the garden, picked up stones, planted high-quality grape trees, built a building in the garden, and dug out a wine press. I hope to grow good grapes, but instead I have grown wild grapes.

O inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah, please now make a judgment between me and my vineyard.

What else can I do besides what I have done for my vineyard? I hope to grow good grapes, why did I pour out wild grapes?

Now I tell you what I want to do with my vineyard. I will remove the fence and devour it, demolish the walls and trample on it.

I will make it desolate, no longer repaired, no longer hoed. Thorns and thistles are about to grow. I will also command the clouds not to rain on them.

The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the tree he loves is the people of Judah. What he hoped for was fairness, but to his surprise, there was brutality (or backflow of human blood). I hope for justice, but to my surprise, there are voices of injustice.

Woe to those who connect houses to houses and land to land, leaving no room for them, only focusing on living alone within their borders.

I have heard the Lord of hosts say, Many great and beautiful houses will become desolate, with no one to dwell in.

Thirty acres of vineyards yield only one bar of wine, and one hectare of grain yields only one ephah of grain.

Woe to those who wake up early in the morning, pursue strong liquor, linger until late at night, and even have a fever due to alcohol.

They play the harp, harp, tambourine, flute, and wine at the banquet, but they do not consider the works of the Lord or pay attention to the work of his hands.

So my people were taken captive because of their ignorance. Their esteemed people were extremely hungry, and the masses were extremely thirsty.

Therefore, the underworld expands its desires and opens an infinite mouth. Their glory, the masses, the prosperity, and the joyful people all fall into it.

The lowly are subdued, the noble are humbled, and those with haughty eyes are also humbled.

Only the Lord of hosts is elevated by justice, and the Holy God is made holy by righteousness.

At that time, the lambs will come to eat grass, as in their own pasture, and the fertile wasteland will be eaten up by the marchers.

Woe to those who use false ropes to pull sin, they are like ropes to pull sin.

Say, let him hurry and accomplish his deeds quickly, let us see. Let us know about the near achievements planned by the Holy One of Israel.

Woe to those who call evil good, call good evil, call darkness light, call light darkness, call bitterness sweet, call sweetness bitter.

Woe to those who consider themselves wise and wise.

Woe to those who are brave enough to drink and use their power to mix strong wine.

They justify the wicked by accepting bribes and take away the righteousness of the righteous.

As the flames devour the stubble, and as the hay falls into the flames, so their roots will be like decaying things, and their flowers will fly like dust. Because they despise the teachings of the Lord of hosts and despise the words of the Holy One of Israel.

So the anger of the Lord was raging against his people, and his hand stretched out against them. The mountains trembled, and their bodies were like manure in the streets. Nevertheless, his anger has not yet dissipated, and his hand still cannot be retracted.

He will raise a great flag, summon the people from afar, and make a faint cry for them to come from the ends of the earth. Look, they will come quickly.

There is no fatigue, no stumbling, no dozing, no sleeping among them. The belt is not loose, and the shoelaces are not broken.

Their arrows are sharp and their bows are strung. The hooves of a horse are like solid stones, and the wheels are like whirlwinds.

They will roar like lionesses and roar like young lions. They will roar and grab food, calmly take it, and no one will rescue them.

On that day they will roar at the Israelites and face the waves?? Roam. If you look at the ground, you will see darkness and hardship. Light turns into darkness in the clouds.