Isaiah 5:6

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
lay	וַאֲשִׁיתֵ֣הוּ va.'a.shi.Te.hu	H7896	to place (in a very wide application) · conjunction + verb, qal, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
waste	בָתָ֗ה va.Tah	H1326	desolation · noun, common feminine singular absolute
pruned	יִזָּמֵר֙ yi.za.Mer	H2168	to trim (a vine) · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
digged	יֵעָדֵ֔ר ye.'a.Der	H5737	to arrange as a battle · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
up	וְעָלָ֥ה ve.'a.Lah	H5927	to ascend · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
briers	שָׁמִ֖יר sha.Mir	H8068	a thorn · noun, common masculine singular absolute
thorns	וָשָׁ֑יִת va.Sha.yit	H7898	scrub or trash · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute
command	אֲצַוֶּ֔ה 'a.tza.Veh	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular
clouds	הֶעָבִים֙ he.'a.Vim	H5645	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
rain	מֵהַמְטִ֥יר me.ham.Tir	H4305	to rain · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
rain	מָטָֽר ma.Tar	H4306	rain · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 7:23-25 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even…
Jeremiah 25:11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Isaiah 24:1-3 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Leviticus 26:33-35 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
Deuteronomy 28:23-24 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Deuteronomy 29:23 And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like t…
1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there…
2 Chronicles 36:19-21 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the go…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:1-7

See what variety of methods the great God takes to awaken sinners to repentance by convincing them of sin, and showing them their misery and danger by reason of it. To this purport he speaks sometimes in plain terms and sometimes in parables, sometimes in prose and sometimes in verse, as here. "We have tried to reason with you (Isa 1:18); now let us put your case into a poem, inscribed to the honour of my well beloved." God the Father dictates it to the honour of Christ his well beloved Son, whom he has constituted Lord of the vineyard. The prophet sings it to the honour of Christ too, for he is his well beloved. The Old Testament prophets were friends of the bridegroom. Christ is God's belo…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 5:6

I will . . . command--The parable is partly dropped and Jehovah, as in Isa 5:7, is implied to be the Owner: for He alone, not an ordinary husbandman (Mat 21:43; Luk 17:22), could give such a "command." no rain--antitypically, the heaven-sent teachings of the prophets (Amo 8:11). Not accomplished in the Babylonish captivity; for Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Haggai, and Zechariah prophesied during or after it. But in gospel times.

John Gill on Isaiah 5:6

And I will lay it waste,.... Or "desolate", as it was by the Romans: the whole land of Judea, as well as the city and temple Matthew 23:38, it shall not be pruned nor digged; as vineyards are, to make them more fruitful; but no care shall be taken of it, no means made use of to cultivate it, all being ineffectual: but there shall come up briers and thorns; sons of Belial, wicked and ungodly men; immoralities, errors, heresies, contentions, quarrels, &c. which abounded about the time of Jerusalem's destruction, and before: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon them; by "the clouds" are meant the apostles of Christ, who were full of the doctrines of grace, from whom the…

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John Calvin on Isaiah 5:6

The Church Fathers

The clouds are the prophets; the Lord commanded them to rain no rain upon Israel. The word of prophecy has turned to us.
— Jerome, HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 56 (PSALM 146)

It is obvious enough that the prophet is referring to the apostles and to the saints; that they are not to rain his rain upon the Jews but upon the Gentiles.
— Jerome, HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 34 (PSALM 107)

Just as clouds when they rumble and clash (so the physicists tell us) send forth darts of lightning, so the words of the prophets shone out as signs of truth. In fact you often find the prophets in the divine Scriptures compared with clouds; for example, "And I will command the clouds not to rain upon it."
— Cassiodorus, EXPOSITION OF THE PSALMS 96:4

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Dictionary and topics

Brier — This word occurs frequently, and is the translation of several different terms. (1.) Micah 7:4, it denotes a species of thorn shrub used for hedges. In Prov. 15:19 the word is rendered “thorn” (Heb.…
Agriculture Or Husbandry · Operations in: Digging — Operations in: Digging
Brier · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE
Ingratitude To God · Illustrated — Illustrated
Judgment · ACCORDING TO OPPORTUNITY AND WORKS — ACCORDING TO OPPORTUNITY AND WORKS
Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena · 9:7;26:7,8,11;27:20,21;28:24-27;29:19;36:27-33;37:6-22;38:8-11,22,24-29,31-35,37; — 9:7;26:7,8,11;27:20,21;28:24-27;29:19;36:27-33;37:6-22;38:8-11,22,24-29,31-35,37;
Parables · Of the vineyard — Of the vineyard
Prophets · Frequently spoke in parables and riddles — Frequently spoke in parables and riddles
Pruning · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Sins, National · Aggravated by privileges — Aggravated by privileges
Unfaithfulness · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Vine · Pruned — Pruned
Vineyard

Isaiah 5:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 5:6

John Gill on Isaiah 5:6

John Calvin on Isaiah 5:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 5:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 5:6

John Gill on Isaiah 5:6

John Calvin on Isaiah 5:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 5:6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 5:6

Rashi on Isaiah 5:6