Isaiah 5:9

In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
ears	בְּאָזְנָ֖י be.'a.ze.Nai	H241	broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in ma… · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
hosts	צְבָא֑וֹת tze.va.'ot	H6635	a mass of persons (or figuratively · noun, common feminine plural absolute
truth	לֹ֞א lo'	H3808	not (the simple or abs. negation) · negative particle
many	רַבִּים֙ ra.Bim	H7227	abundant (in quantity · adjective, masculine plural absolute
houses	בָּתִּ֤ים ba.Tim	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine plural absolute
desolate	לְשַׁמָּ֣ה le.sha.Mah	H8047	ruin · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
great	גְּדֹלִ֥ים ge.do.Lim	H1419	great (in any sense) · adjective, masculine plural absolute
fair	וְטוֹבִ֖ים ve.to.Vim	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · conjunction + adjective, masculine plural absolute
inhabitant	יוֹשֵֽׁב yo.Shev	H3427	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Matthew 23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
Isaiah 22:14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of…
Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Amos 5:11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye sha…
2 Chronicles 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept s…
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…
Isaiah 6:11-12 Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utt…
Isaiah 27:10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:8-17

The world and the flesh are the two great enemies that we are in danger of being overpowered by; yet we are in no danger if we do not ourselves yield to them. Eagerness of the world, and indulgence of the flesh, are the two sins against which the prophet, in God's name, here denounces woes. These were sins which then abounded among the men of Judah, some of the wild grapes they brought forth (Isa 5:4), and for which God threatens to bring ruin upon them. They are sins which we have all need to stand upon our guard against and dread the consequences of. I. Here is a woe to those who set their hearts upon the wealth of the world, and place their happiness in that, and increase it to themselves…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 5:9

In mine ears . . . the Lord--namely, has revealed it, as in Isa 22:14. desolate--literally, "a desolation," namely, on account of the national sins. great and fair--houses.

John Gill on Isaiah 5:9

In mine ears, said the Lord of hosts,.... This may be understood either of the ears of the Lord of hosts, into which came the cry of the sins of covetousness and ambition before mentioned; these were taken notice of by the Lord, and he was determined to punish them; or of the ears of the prophet, in whose hearing the Lord said what follows: so the Targum, "the prophet said, with mine ears I have heard, when this was decreed from before the Lord of hosts:'' of a truth many houses shall be desolate; or "great" ones (z); such as the houses of the king, of the princes, and nobles, judges, counsellors, and great men of the earth; not only the house of God, the temple, but a multitude of houses…

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John Calvin on Isaiah 5:9

This is in the ears of Jehovah of hosts. Here something must be supplied; for he means that the Lord sits as judge, and as taking cognizance of those things. When covetous men seize and heap up their wealth, they are blinded by their desire of gain, and do not understand that they will one day render an account. Never, certainly, were men so utterly stupid as not to ascribe some judgment to God; but they flatter themselves so far as to imagine that God does not observe them. In general, therefore, they acknowledge the judgment of God: when they come to particular cases, they take liberties, and suppose that they are not bound to proceed to that extent. If many houses be not laid desolate. H…

The Church Fathers

(Ver. 9.) In my ears are these things of the Lord of hosts: Unless many houses are deserted, great and beautiful without an inhabitant. Because we translate according to the Hebrew, 'In my ears are these things of the Lord of hosts,' that is, the words that the Lord spoke still resonate in my ears: The LXX translated, 'These things have been heard in the ears of the Lord of hosts.' Not that the Prophet heard the words of the Lord, but that the things the Prophet is about to say have been heard in the ears of the Lord: it is more consistent to understand that the Prophet heard, what the Lord spoke. But the Lord spoke, saying that after the captivity, the great and beautiful house will be desolate, having no inhabitant.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

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Dictionary and topics

Jubilee — A joyful shout or clangour of trumpets, the name of the great semi-centennial festival of the Hebrews. It lasted for a year. During this year the land was to be fallow, and the Israelites were only…
Houses · Of the rich: Great — Of the rich: Great

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Isaiah 5:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:8-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 5:9

John Gill on Isaiah 5:9

John Calvin on Isaiah 5:9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 5:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:8-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 5:9

John Gill on Isaiah 5:9

John Calvin on Isaiah 5:9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 5:9-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 5:8-23

Rashi on Isaiah 5:9