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    The Song of the Vineyard

    (Luke 13:6–9)

    ⓘ The prophet pronounced judgment through song (5:1–7) and...

    The prophet pronounced judgment through song (5:1–7) and prophecies of woe (5:8–30). Although Israel’s future condition would be one of purity and fellowship with God (4:2–6), that future cannot ignore the present sinful condition of the people and their leaders.
    ⓘ The Song of the Vineyard expresses in poetic...

    The Song of the Vineyard expresses in poetic form God’s indictment of the wicked leadership that had ruined his vineyard, Israel. Like some wisdom literature, it presents readers with an account of a puzzling situation (5:1–2) before giving its spiritual significance (5:3–7). The theme of the vineyard’s transformation is found again in ch 27 and in Jesus’ teaching (Matt 21:33; Mark 12:1).
    1I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard:
    My beloved had a vineyardon a very fertile hill.2He dug it up and cleared the stonesand planted the finest vines.He built a watchtower in the middleand dug out a winepress as well.
    He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes,but the fruit it produced was sour!
    ⓘ Clearly, the Lord had graciously done everything possible...
    • Clearly, the Lord had graciously done everything possible for the vineyard. He was not to blame for the bitter grapes.
    • you judge: Isaiah wanted the audience to condemn the vineyard before he revealed that in fact they were the vineyard (5:7). This rhetorical tactic is similar to the one Nathan used to confront David (2 Sam 12:1–5).
    3“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalemand men of Judah,I exhort you to judgebetween Me and My vineyard.4What more could have been done for My vineyardthan I have done for it?Why, when I expected sweet grapes,did it bring forth sour fruit?
    ⓘ The Lord promised to make his vineyard, Israel,...

    The Lord promised to make his vineyard, Israel, a desolate place because it was fit only for destruction. Later, Isaiah prophesied the gracious, glorious transformation of Israel from desolation to fruitful vitality (see 55:13).
    5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard:
    I will take away its hedge,and it will be consumed;I will tear down its wall,and it will be trampled.6I will make it a wasteland,neither pruned nor cultivated,and thorns and briers will grow up.I will command the cloudsthat rain shall not fall on it.”
    7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hostsis the house of Israel,and the men of Judahare the plant of His delight.He looked for justice,but saw bloodshed;for righteousness,but heard a cry of distress.

    Woes to the Wicked

    ⓘ What sorrow: The first threat of judgment was...

    What sorrow: The first threat of judgment was against oppressive greed. Properties (house and field) were being taken by illegal means. The new owners were thugs who used every avenue to enrich themselves at the expense of the poor (see 1 Kgs 21:1–29; Amos 2:6–7).
    ⓘ This section contains six pronouncements of sorrow—six threats...

    This section contains six pronouncements of sorrow—six threats of dreadful judgment (5:8, 11, 18, 20, 21, 22). The sorrows identify some of the “bitter grapes” produced by the vineyard of Israel (5:1–7).
    8Woe to you who add house to houseand join field to fielduntil no place is leftand you live alone in the land.
    9I heard the LORD of Hosts declare:
    “Surely many houses will become desolate,great mansions left unoccupied.10For ten acres of vineyardwill yield but a bath of wine,†and a homer of seedonly an ephah of grain.”†
    ⓘ What sorrow: The second threat of judgment concerned...

    What sorrow: The second threat of judgment concerned indulgent lifestyles. The language throughout this section indicates a life of corruption.
    11Woe to those who rise early in the morningin pursuit of strong drink,who linger into the evening,to be inflamed by wine.12At their feasts are the lyre and harp,tambourines and flutes and wine.They disregard the actions of the LORDand fail to see the work of His hands.
    13Therefore My people will go into exilefor their lack of understanding;their dignitaries are starvingand their masses are parched with thirst.14Therefore Sheol enlarges its throatand opens wide its enormous jaws,and down go Zion’s nobles and masses,her revelers and carousers!
    15So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled;the arrogant will lower their eyes.16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice,and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.17Lambs will graze as in their own pastures,and strangers† will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.
    ⓘ What sorrow: The third threat of judgment was...

    What sorrow: The third threat of judgment was against mockers, who openly treated God’s authority with contempt.
    18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceitand pull sin along with cart ropes,19to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His workso that we may see it!Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel comeso that we may know it!”
    20Woe to those who call evil goodand good evil,who turn darkness to lightand light to darkness,who replace bitter with sweetand sweet with bitter.
    21Woe to those who are wise in their own eyesand clever in their own sight.
    ⓘ What sorrow: The sixth threat of judgment was...

    What sorrow: The sixth threat of judgment was against the indulgent lifestyle of the wicked.
    22Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wineand champions in mixing strong drink,23who acquit the guilty for a bribeand deprive the innocent of justice.
    24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw,and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,so their roots will decayand their blossoms will blow away like dust;for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hostsand despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people;His hand is raised against them to strike them down.The mountains quake,and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets.
    Despite all this, His anger is not turned away;His hand is still upraised.
    26He lifts a banner for the distant nationsand whistles for those at the ends of the earth.Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!27None of them grows weary or stumbles;no one slumbers or sleeps.No belt is looseand no sandal strap is broken.28Their arrows are sharpened,and all their bows are strung.The hooves of their horses are like flint;their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.29Their roaring is like that of a lion;they roar like young lions.They growl and seize their prey;they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.30In that day they will roar over it,like the roaring of the sea.If one looks over the land,he will see darkness and distress;even the light will be obscured by clouds.