Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Isaiah Chapter 5
Overview
Isa 5:1, Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment; Isa 5:8, His judgments upon covetousness; Isa 5:11, upon lasciviousness; Isa 5:13, upon impiety; Isa 5:20, and upon injustice; Isa 5:26, the executioners of God's judgments.
Now: Deu 31:19-22; Judg. 5:1-31; Psa 45:1, Psa 101:1
wellbeloved: Sol 2:16, Sol 5:2, Sol 5:16, Sol 6:3
touching: Isa 27:2, Isa 27:3; Psa 80:8; Sol 8:11, Sol 8:12; Jer 2:21; Mat 21:33; Mar 12:1; Luk 20:9; Joh 15:1
a very fruitful hill: Heb. the horn of the son of oil
fenced it: or, made a wall about it, Exo 33:16; Num 23:9; Deu 32:8, Deu 32:9; Psa 44:1-3; Rom 9:4
planted: Jer 2:21
the choicest vine: Sorek in Arabic, sharik certainly denotes an excellent vine; but some with Bp. Lowth, retain it as a proper name. Sorek was a valley lying between Askelon and Gaza, so called from the excellence of its vines. Jdg 16:4
made: Heb. hewed
a winepress: Isa 63:2, Isa 63:3; Neh 13:15; Rev 14:18-20
he looked: Isa 5:7, Isa 1:2-4, Isa 1:21-23; Deu 32:6; Mat 21:34; Mar 11:13, Mar 12:2; Luk 13:7, Luk 20:10-18; Co1 9:7
wild grapes: Deu 32:32, Deu 32:33; Hos 10:1
judge: Psa 50:4-6, Psa 51:4; Jer 2:4, Jer 2:5; Mic 6:2, Mic 6:3; Mat 21:40,Mat 21:41; Mar 12:9-12; Luk 20:15, Luk 20:16; Rom 2:5, Rom 3:4
Isa 1:5; Ch2 36:14-16; Jer 2:30,Jer 2:31, Jer 6:29, Jer 6:30; Eze 24:13; Mat 23:37; Act 7:51-60
I will take: Isa 27:10,Isa 27:11; Lev 26:31-35; Deu 28:49-52; Ch2 36:4-10; Neh 2:3; Psa 74:1-10, Psa 80:12-16; Lam 1:2-9, Lam 4:12
trodden down: Heb. for a treading, Isa 10:6, Isa 25:10, Isa 28:3, Isa 28:18; Lam 1:15; Dan 8:13; Luk 21:24; Rev 11:2
I will lay: Isa 5:9, Isa 5:10, Isa 6:11, Isa 6:12, Isa 24:1-3, Isa 24:12, Isa 32:13, Isa 32:14; Lev 26:33-35; Deu 29:23; Ch2 36:19-21; Jer 25:11, Jer 45:4; Luk 21:24
it shall: Isa 7:23-25; Hos 3:4
also: Isa 30:23; Deu 28:23, Deu 28:24; Amo 4:7; Zac 14:16, Zac 14:17; Heb 6:6-8; Rev 11:6
the vineyard: Psa 80:8-11, Psa 80:15; Jer 12:10
his pleasant plant: Heb. plant of his pleasures, Isa 62:5; Psa 147:11, Psa 149:4; Sol 7:6; Zep 3:17
he looked: Isa 5:2, Isa 58:6-8; Exo 22:22-27; Mic 6:8; Zac 7:9-14; Mat 3:8-10, Mat 23:23; Joh 15:2; Co1 6:8-11; Jo1 3:7, Jo1 3:8
but: The paronomasia, or play of words, is very remarkable here: he looked for mishpat "judgment," but behold mispach "oppression;" for tzedakah "justice," but behold tzedkah "a cry."
oppression: Heb. a scab, Isa 1:6, Isa 3:17
a cry: Gen 4:10; Exo 2:23, Exo 2:24, Exo 3:7, Exo 22:21-24, Exo 22:27; Deu 15:9; Neh 5:1-5; Job 31:38, Job 31:39, Job 34:28; Pro 21:13; Luk 18:7; Jam 5:4
them: Jer 22:13-17; Mic 2:2; Hab 2:9-12; Mat 23:14; Luk 12:16-24
field: Kg1 21:16-20
they: Heb. ye placed, Eze 11:15, Eze 33:24
In mine ears, said: or, This is in mine ears, saith, etc. Isa 22:14; Amo 3:7
Of a truth: etc. Heb. If not many houses desolate, etc. desolate. Isa 5:6, Isa 27:10; Ch2 36:21; Amo 5:11, Amo 6:11; Mat 22:7, Mat 23:38
one: Lev 27:16; Eze 45:10,Eze 45:11; Joe 1:17; Hag 1:9-11
rise: Isa 5:22, Isa 28:1; Pro 23:29, Pro 23:30; Ecc 10:16, Ecc 10:17; Hos 7:5, Hos 7:6; Hab 2:15; Luk 21:34; Rom 13:13; Co1 6:10; Gal 5:21; Th1 5:6, Th1 5:7
inflame: or, pursue, Isa 28:7, Isa 28:8; Pro 20:1, Pro 23:32
the harp: Isa 22:13; Gen 31:27; Job 21:11-14; Dan 5:1-4, Dan 5:23; Amo 6:4-6; Luk 16:19; Jde 1:12
they regard: Isa 5:19; Job 34:27; Psa 28:5, Psa 92:5, Psa 92:6; Hos 4:10,Hos 4:11
my people: Isa 1:7, Isa 42:22-25; Kg2 17:6; Ch2 28:5-8
because: Isa 1:3, Isa 27:11; Jer 8:7; Hos 4:6; Mat 23:16-27; Luk 19:44; Joh 3:19, Joh 3:20; Rom 1:28; Pe2 3:5
honourable men are famished: Heb. glory are men of famine, Jer 14:18; Lam 4:4, Lam 4:5, Lam 4:9
hell: Isa 14:9, Isa 30:33; Psa 49:14; Pro 27:20; Eze 32:18-30; Hab 2:5; Mat 7:13; Rev 20:13-15
opened: Num 16:30-34; Pro 1:12
he that rejoiceth: Isa 21:4; Sa1 25:36-38; Sa2 13:28, Sa2 13:29; Psa 55:15; Dan 5:3-6, Dan 5:30; Nah 1:10; Luk 12:19, Luk 12:20, Luk 16:20-23, Luk 17:27, Luk 21:34; Act 12:21-23
the mean: Isa 2:9, Isa 2:11, Isa 2:17, Isa 9:14-17, Isa 24:2-4; Psa 62:9; Jer 5:4, Jer 5:5, Jer 5:9; Jam 1:9-11; Rev 6:15, Rev 6:16
the eyes: Isa 10:12, Isa 13:11, Isa 37:23, Isa 37:29; Exo 9:17; Job 40:11, Job 40:12; Dan 4:37; Pe1 5:5
the Lord: Isa 12:4; Ch1 29:11; Psa 9:16, Psa 21:13, Psa 46:10; Eze 28:22, Eze 38:23; Rom 2:5; Rev 19:1-5
God that is holy: or, the holy God, Heb. the God the holy, Isa 6:3, Isa 57:15; Rev 3:7, Rev 4:8, Rev 15:3, Rev 15:4
sanctified: Isa 8:13, Isa 29:23; Lev 10:3; Eze 36:23; Pe1 1:16, Pe1 2:15
shall the lambs: Isa 7:21, Isa 7:22, Isa 7:25, Isa 17:2, Isa 32:14, Isa 40:11, Isa 65:10; Zep 2:6, Zep 2:14
the waste: Isa 10:16; Deu 32:15; Psa 17:10,Psa 17:14, Psa 73:7, Psa 119:70; Jer 5:28; Amo 4:1-3
strangers: Isa 1:7; Deu 28:33; Neh 9:37; Lam 5:2; Hos 8:7; Luk 21:24
draw: Isa 28:15; Jdg 17:5, Jdg 17:13; Sa2 16:20-23; Psa 10:11, Psa 14:1, Psa 36:2, Psa 94:5-11; Jer 5:31, Jer 8:5-9, Jer 23:10,Jer 23:14, Jer 23:24, Jer 28:15, Jer 28:16, Jer 44:15-19; Eze 13:10,Eze 13:11, Eze 13:22; Zep 1:12; Joh 16:2; Act 26:9
Let him: Isa 66:5; Jer 5:12, Jer 5:13, Jer 17:15; Eze 12:22, Eze 12:27; Amo 5:18, Amo 5:19; Pe2 3:3, Pe2 3:4
let the: Isa 30:11; Jer 23:18, Jer 23:36
them: Pro 17:15; Mal 2:17, Mal 3:15; Mat 6:23, Mat 15:3-6, Mat 23:16-23; Luk 11:35, Luk 16:15; Ti2 3:1-5; Pe2 2:1, Pe2 2:18, Pe2 2:19
call evil good: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc
wise: Job 11:12; Pro 3:7, Pro 26:12, Pro 26:16; Joh 9:41; Rom 1:22, Rom 11:25, Rom 12:16; Co1 3:18-20
in their own sight: Heb. before their face
mighty: Isa 5:11, Isa 28:1-3, Isa 28:7; Pro 23:19, Pro 23:20; Hab 2:15
justify: Exo 23:6-9; Pro 17:15, Pro 24:24, Pro 31:4, Pro 31:5
for reward: Isa 1:23; Deu 16:19; Ch2 19:7; Pro 17:23; Mic 3:11, Mic 7:3
take: Isa 10:2; Kg1 21:13; Psa 94:21; Mat 23:35, Mat 27:24, Mat 27:25; Jam 5:6
fire: Heb. tongue of fire
devoureth: Isa 47:14; Exo 15:7; Joe 2:5; Nah 1:10; Mal 4:1; Co1 3:12, Co1 3:13
their root: Isa 9:14-17; Job 18:16; Hos 9:16; Amo 2:9
cast away: Sa1 15:23, Sa1 15:26; Kg2 17:14, Kg2 17:15; Neh 9:26; Psa 50:17; Jer 6:19, Jer 8:9; Luk 7:30; Joh 12:48; Heb 10:28, Heb 10:29
despised: Isa 30:12; Sa2 12:9, Sa2 12:10; Luk 10:16; Act 13:41; Th1 4:8
the anger: Deu 31:17, Deu 32:19-22; Kg2 13:3, Kg2 22:13-17; Ch2 36:16; Psa 106:40; Lam 2:1-3, Lam 5:22; Th1 2:16
stretched: Isa 14:26, Isa 14:27
the hills: Psa 18:7, Psa 68:8, Psa 77:18, Psa 114:7; Jer 4:24; Mic 1:4; Nah 1:5; Hab 3:10; Rev 20:11
torn: or, as dung, Kg1 14:11, Kg1 16:4, Kg1 21:24; Kg2 9:37; Psa 83:10; Jer 8:2, Jer 9:22, Jer 15:3, Jer 16:4; Zep 1:17
For all: Isa 9:12, Isa 9:13, Isa 9:17, Isa 9:21, Isa 10:4; Lev. 26:14-46; Psa 78:38; Dan 9:16; Hos 14:4
he will: Isa 11:12, Isa 18:3; Jer 51:27
end: Isa 39:3; Deu 28:49; Psa 72:8; Jer 5:15; Mal 1:11
they: Isa 30:16; Jer 4:13; Lam 4:19; Joe 2:7; Hab 1:8
neither: Isa 11:5, Isa 45:1, Isa 45:5; Kg1 2:5; Job 12:18, Job 12:21 *marg. Psa 18:32, Psa 93:1; Dan 5:6; Eph 6:13, Eph 6:14
nor the latchet: Deu 32:25
arrows: Psa 45:5, Psa 120:4; Jer 5:16; Eze 21:9-11
their horses': Jdg 5:22; Jer 47:3; Mic 4:13; Nah 2:3, Nah 2:4, Nah 3:2
roaring: Isa 31:4; Gen 49:9; Num 24:9; Jer 4:7, Jer 49:19, Jer 50:17; Hos 11:10; Amo 3:8; Zac 11:3
lay hold: Isa 42:22, Isa 49:24, Isa 49:25; Psa 50:22; Mic 5:8
like: Psa 93:3, Psa 93:4; Jer 6:23, Jer 50:42; Luk 21:25
if one look: Isa 8:22, Isa 13:10; Exo 10:21-23; Jer 4:23-28; Lam 3:2; Eze 32:7, Eze 32:8; Joe 2:10; Amo 8:9; Mat 24:29; Luk 21:25, Luk 21:26; Rev 6:12, Rev 16:10,Rev 16:11
sorrow: or, distress
and the light: etc. or, when it is light, it shall be dark in the destructions thereof