Isaiah 5:2

Context

5:2 He built a hedge around it,¹ removed its stones,

and planted a vine.

He built a tower in the middle of it,

and constructed a winepress.

He waited for it to produce edible grapes,

but it produced sour ones instead.²

Isaiah 5:5

Context

5:5 Now I will inform you

what I am about to do to my vineyard:

I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture,³

I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there.⁴

Context

9:25 So know and understand:

From the issuing of the command⁵ to restore and rebuild

Jerusalem⁶ until an anointed one, a prince arrives,⁷

there will be a period of seven weeks⁸ and sixty-two weeks.

It will again be built,⁹ with plaza and moat,

but in distressful times.

Context
2:5 But I (the Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem¹⁰ and the source of glory in her midst.’”

[5:2] ¹tn Or, “dug it up” (so NIV); KJV “fenced it.’ See HALOT 810 s.v. עזק.

[5:2] ²tn Heb “wild grapes,” i.e., sour ones (also in v. 4).

[5:5] ³tn Heb “and it will become [a place for] grazing.” בָּעַר (ba’ar, “grazing”) is a homonym of the more often used verb “to burn.”

[5:5] ⁴tn Heb “and it will become a trampled place” (NASB “trampled ground”).

[9:25] ⁵tn Or “decree” (NASB, NIV); or “word” (NAB, NRSV).

[9:25] ⁷tn The word “arrives” is added in the translation for clarification.

[9:25] ⁸tn Heb “sevens” (also later in this line and in v. 26).

[9:25] ⁹tn Heb “it will return and be built.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

[2:5] ¹⁰tn Heb “her”; the referent (Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.