 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah his pleasant plant: And he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; For righteousness, but behold a cry.  Elements of Criticism - Page 193by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816Full view - About this book
 | 1834 - 740 pages
...shall be trodden down. 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." These are all abominations in the sight of God. Were it the case that only one of them could be proved... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...shall be trodden down. 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. 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant:... | |
 | Joseph Ponessa, Laurie Watson Manhardt - 2004 - 212 pages
...to that in Isaiah 5, where the Lord invites the Jerusalemites to judge between Him and His vineyard: "For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel" (Isaiah 5:7). For more than a millennium the Lord's lament from Micah formed part of the liturgy of... | |
 | Maxwell E. Johnson - 2005 - 2330 pages
...trampled down. I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds...the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his pleasant planting; he expected justice, but saw bloodshed; righteousness, but... | |
 | Jonathan E. Ruopp, Jonathan Ruopp Sr. - 2005 - 322 pages
...Husbandman Vine Genesis 9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house...of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. Exodus 4:21-22... | |
 | Samuel Dean McBride - 2005 - 345 pages
...of God's relation to his people. The concluding lines interpret the parable and make its point: [8]] For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant planting, He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; righteousness, but behold, a cry for help!... | |
 | J. Cheryl Exum - 2005 - 298 pages
...prophet's audience, but, lest the audience miss the point, the allegorical meaning is spelled out: For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; he expected justice, but, behold, bloodshed! righteousness, but, behold,... | |
 | Walter Curtis Lichfield - 2005 - 626 pages
...shall be trodden down: 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. 5:7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts (is) the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant... | |
 | George Martin - 2005 - 498 pages
...out a wine press. Then he looked for the crop of grapes, but what it yielded was wild grapes. . . . The vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of ]udah are his cherished plant. Isaiah 5:1-2, 7 307 As Jesus continues his parable, however, he departs... | |
 | Roger E. Van Harn - 2005 - 652 pages
...of this "friend." No longer does he speak in the form of a parable, but in plain, ordinary language: For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah. He concludes with a pair of puns in Hebrew, which make his message unforgettable:... | |
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