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NOTES for Isa 5:7

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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.
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The final words of Isaiah's famous parable of the vineyard will be repeated by the Lord shortly before His Passion. For us it is important first of all to hear the direct meaning of this parable. After all, what applies to Old Testament Israel is no less relevant for the new Israel - the Church, the Christian people. More than that, at the very beginning of the Bible the whole world appears before us as God's garden. Therefore the parable of the vineyard, like the story of Adam's fall, is a summary that concerns the whole human race.

The Lord says His people are a vineyard planted by Him to bear fruit. Not as a museum of unearthly beauty, not as a pedestal of honor, not as an inn for weary travelers - but as a garden that must bear fruit. The prophet Isaiah speaks of spiritual fruit that all of us can bear in real, practical life. This is not about mystical illuminations or accomplishments in the sphere of worship. The main thing the Lord expects from us is justice, righteousness toward our neighbors. The apostle Paul, in Galatians, gives a broader explanation of what the fruit expected by God is: "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control." This is the righteousness the Lord expects from us. And if we do not bear this fruit, then this choice of ours will lead to what Christ said to the Jews: "Behold, your house is left to you desolate."

But the prophet, like the Lord, speaks not to predict disasters for us. God always wants our repentance and turning. That is why it is important for us not to be afraid to hear this rebuke and to trust God's promise that the gates of hell will not prevail against the Church.

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For Isa 5:7
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.
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God will repeat the concluding words of the famous parable of the prophetIsaiah concerning the vineyard shortly before the Passions. It is importantfirst of all for us to understand the appropriate sense of this parable.Indeed, what relates to Israel of the Old Testament is not less current for thenew Israel - Churches, Christians. Besides, the whole world appears before usfrom the very beginning of the Bible as God's garden...  Read more

God will repeat the concluding words of the famous parable of the prophetIsaiah concerning the vineyard shortly before the Passions. It is importantfirst of all for us to understand the appropriate sense of this parable.Indeed, what relates to Israel of the Old Testament is not less current for thenew Israel - Churches, Christians. Besides, the whole world appears before usfrom the very beginning of the Bible as God's garden. That is why the parableabout the vineyard, quite as the narrative of Adam's fall, is a generalization,appertaining to all the human generation.

God is saying that His people are the vineyard planted by Him so that itbrings the fruit. No as the museum of the heavenly beauty, not as the stand of honor,not as the inn for the tired travelers - But as the garden, which has to bringfruits? The prophet Isaiah speaks about spiritual fruit, which all of us canbring in the practical real life. It is not about mystic inspirations or exploitsin the field of cult. The main, what God expects from us - justice, truthtowards the neighbor. The apostle Paul in the epistle to the Galatians proposesa wider explanation of what is the fruit, expected by God: "the fruit of theSpirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance". Inthat lies the truth that God expects from us. And if we will not bear thisfruit, then this our choice will bring to what Christ said to the Jews: “Behold, your houseis left unto you desolate".

But the prophet,quite as God, speaks not to predict to us the misfortunes. God always wants ourrepentance and conversion. That is why it is important for us not to be afraidof hearing this charge and hope in God's promise that gates of Hell will notsurmount the Church.

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For Isa 5:1-30
1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it 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: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
9 In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
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The gift of prophecy is not necessarily accompanied by a poetic gift...  Read more

The gift of prophecy is not necessarily accompanied by a poetic gift, but when this happens, the result is astounding. So in this chapter we see how God's truths revealed to Isaiah pour out into two works remarkable from a literary point of view: the parable of the vineyard and the denunciation with the sixfold repetition of the refrain "woe to those." It is no accident that the Son of God, who quotes the prophet Isaiah often, took these two passages as the basis for two of His sermons.

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