Isaiah 5 - Find out what happens when you don't produce righteousness, and the seriousness of it.

Isa 5:1 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.

As just mentioned, Israel is often pictured as a vineyard and also as a fig tree. Yeshua picked up on this symbolism and it should have been blatantly clear to the people when He did so in His parables.

(Luke 13:6-9).

This verse is saying that Elohim's "well-beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill." The problem with the vineyard was not the soil. The soil was superb. The conditions were perfect for Israel to believe in Elohim and trust Him.

Who is Elohim's "Well-beloved?" That is Yeshua Messiah. He is their future King.

Isa 5:2 And He dug it all around, removed its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it, And hewed out a wine vat in it; Then He expected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only worthless ones.

Elohim took Israel from it's horrible location in Egypt to it's choice location in Canaan. He expected them to produce the fruits of righteousness and to obey Him. They failed miserably. They produced worthless grapes.

The Hebrew terms means "worthless, stinking grapes."

Isa 5:3 "And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard.

Elohim is laying His case out in front of the people. Elohim does things in a legal and organized manner. He is going to show the people that their judgment not just a matter of Elohim being angry. It is a matter of justice and righteousness.

Isa 5:4 "What more was there to do for My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce worthless ones?

Elohim says that He has done everything possible in order for Israel to produce righteousness. He has given them His Torah, His Word through His prophets. He has given them beautiful land. He has given them prosperity beyond what they could imagine. But Israel still didn't produce righteousness.

For Israel to fail under these ideal conditions is very serious.

Isa 5:5 "So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard: I will remove its hedge and it will be consumed; I will break down its wall and it will become trampled ground.

Isa 5:6 "And I will lay it waste; It will not be pruned or hoed, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it."

For over five hundred years, the surrounding nations and world powers were not allowed to harm Israel. Elohim kept them away. Even though Israel was a cornerstone for three continents, Elohim kept invading nations out of the area. That protection is going to cease. They also will no longer have rain. This was prophesied in Torah. (

Deut 28:23-25).

Isa 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah His delightful plant. Thus He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

There is no question who the vineyard is in this song. The vineyard is the whole house of Israel, both the northern and southern kingdoms. In the Hebrew language, this verse is a play on words.

The word for "justice" is mishpat and the word for "oppression" is mispah. The word for "righteousness" is sedakah. The word for "a cry for help" is se'aqah.

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