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Isaiah 5 — Sermon Preparation
The song of the vineyard accuses Israel of yielding wild grapes, and six woes are pronounced over the unjust and the proud. Below is a research summary for Isaiah 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 30
- verses
- 384 / 249
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Isaiah 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֶּרֶם | kerem | H3754 | 7 | garden, vineyard |
| קָוָה | qâvâh | H6960 | 3 | bind, collect |
| צָבָא | tsâbâʼ | H6635 | 4 | mass, army |
| חֹשֶׁךְ | chôshek | H2822 | 3 | dark, darkness |
| בְּאֻשִׁים | bᵉʼushîym | H891 | 2 | poison-berries |
| קָדוֹשׁ | qâdôwsh | H6918 | 3 | sacred, God |
| יַיִן | yayin | H3196 | 3 | wine, intoxication |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Isaiah 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“A PROPHET'S WOES Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may he placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9. In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall he 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. …”
— Alexander MacLaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture: Isaiah and Jeremiah, on Isaiah 5:8–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Isa 5:14
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