Isaiah 5

1Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

אָשִׁירָה נָּא לִידִידִי שִׁירַת דֹּודִי לְכַרְמֹו כֶּרֶם הָיָה לִידִידִי בְּקֶרֶן בֶּן־שָׁמֶן׃ (3007)

2And 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.

וַיְעַזְּקֵהוּ וַיְסַקְּלֵהוּ וַיִּטָּעֵהוּ שֹׂרֵק וַיִּבֶן מִגְדָּל בְּתֹוכֹו וְגַם־יֶקֶב חָצֵב בֹּו וַיְקַו לַעֲשֹׂות עֲנָבִים וַיַּעַשׂ בְּאֻשִׁים׃ (3814)

3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

וְעַתָּה יֹושֵׁב יְרוּשָׁלִַם וְאִישׁ יְהוּדָה שִׁפְטוּ־נָא בֵּינִי וּבֵין כַּרְמִי׃ (2588)

4What 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?

מַה־לַּעֲשֹׂות עֹוד לְכַרְמִי וְלֹא עָשִׂיתִי בֹּו מַדּוּעַ קִוֵּיתִי לַעֲשֹׂות עֲנָבִים וַיַּעַשׂ בְּאֻשִׁים׃ (4429)

5And 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:

וְעַתָּה אֹודִיעָה־נָּא אֶתְכֶם אֵת אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי עֹשֶׂה לְכַרְמִי הָסֵר מְשׂוּכָּתֹו וְהָיָה לְבָעֵר פָּרֹץ גְּדֵרֹו וְהָיָה לְמִרְמָס׃ (5071)

6And 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.

וַאֲשִׁיתֵהוּ בָתָה לֹא יִזָּמֵר וְלֹא יֵעָדֵר וְעָלָה שָׁמִיר וָשָׁיִת וְעַל הֶעָבִים אֲצַוֶּה מֵהַמְטִיר עָלָיו מָטָר׃ (4125)

7For 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.

כִּי כֶרֶם יְהוָה צְבָאֹות בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאִישׁ יְהוּדָה נְטַע שַׁעֲשׁוּעָיו וַיְקַו לְמִשְׁפָּט וְהִנֵּה מִשְׂפָּח לִצְדָקָה וְהִנֵּה צְעָקָה׃ (4641)

8Woe 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!

הֹוי מַגִּיעֵי בַיִת בְּבַיִת שָׂדֶה בְשָׂדֶה יַקְרִיבוּ עַד אֶפֶס מָקֹום וְהוּשַׁבְתֶּם לְבַדְּכֶם בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ׃ (3784)

9In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

בְּאָזְנָי יְהוָה צְבָאֹות אִם־לֹא בָּתִּים רַבִּים לְשַׁמָּה יִהְיוּ גְּדֹלִים וְטֹובִים מֵאֵין יֹושֵׁב׃ (2356)

10Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

כִּי עֲשֶׂרֶת צִמְדֵּי־כֶרֶם יַעֲשׂוּ בַּת אֶחָת וְזֶרַע חֹמֶר יַעֲשֶׂה אֵיפָה׃ (3613)

11Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

הֹוי מַשְׁכִּימֵי בַבֹּקֶר שֵׁכָר יִרְדֹּפוּ מְאַחֲרֵי בַנֶּשֶׁף יַיִן יַדְלִיקֵם׃ (2520)

12And 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.

וְהָיָה כִנֹּור וָנֶבֶל תֹּף וְחָלִיל וָיַיִן מִשְׁתֵּיהֶם וְאֵת פֹּעַל יְהוָה לֹא יַבִּיטוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו לֹא רָאוּ׃ (3195)

13Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

לָכֵן גָּלָה עַמִּי מִבְּלִי־דָעַת וּכְבֹודֹו מְתֵי רָעָב וַהֲמֹונֹו צִחֵה צָמָא׃ (1927)

14Therefore 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.

לָכֵן הִרְחִיבָה שְּׁאֹול נַפְשָׁהּ וּפָעֲרָה פִיהָ לִבְלִי־חֹק וְיָרַד הֲדָרָהּ וַהֲמֹונָהּ וּשְׁאֹונָהּ וְעָלֵז בָּהּ׃ (2772)

15And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

וַיִּשַּׁח אָדָם וַיִּשְׁפַּל־אִישׁ וְעֵינֵי גְבֹהִים תִּשְׁפַּלְנָה׃ (2177)

16But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

וַיִּגְבַּה יְהוָה צְבָאֹות בַּמִּשְׁפָּט וְהָאֵל הַקָּדֹושׁ נִקְדָּשׁ בִּצְדָקָה׃ (2094)

17Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

וְרָעוּ כְבָשִׂים כְּדָבְרָם וְחָרְבֹות מֵחִים גָּרִים יֹאכֵלוּ׃ (1960)

18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

הֹוי מֹשְׁכֵי הֶעָוֹן בְּחַבְלֵי הַשָּׁוְא וְכַעֲבֹות הָעֲגָלָה חַטָּאָה׃ (1526)

19That 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!

הָאֹמְרִים יְמַהֵר ׀ יָחִישָׁה מַעֲשֵׂהוּ לְמַעַן נִרְאֶה וְתִקְרַב וְתָבֹואָה עֲצַת קְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְנֵדָעָה׃ (4525)

20Woe 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!

הֹוי הָאֹמְרִים לָרַע טֹוב וְלַטֹּוב רָע שָׂמִים חֹשֶׁךְ לְאֹור וְאֹור לְחֹשֶׁךְ שָׂמִים מַר לְמָתֹוק וּמָתֹוק לְמָר׃ (4511)

21Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

הֹוי חֲכָמִים בְּעֵינֵיהֶם וְנֶגֶד פְּנֵיהֶם נְבֹנִים׃ (726)

22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

הֹוי גִּבֹּורִים לִשְׁתֹּות יָיִן וְאַנְשֵׁי־חַיִל לִמְסֹךְ שֵׁכָר׃ (2573)

23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

מַצְדִּיקֵי רָשָׁע עֵקֶב שֹׁחַד וְצִדְקַת צַדִּיקִים יָסִירוּ מִמֶּנּוּ׃ (2584)

24Therefore 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.

לָכֵן כֶּאֱכֹל קַשׁ לְשֹׁון אֵשׁ וַחֲשַׁשׁ לֶהָבָה יִרְפֶּה שָׁרְשָׁם כַּמָּק יִהְיֶה וּפִרְחָם כָּאָבָק יַעֲלֶה כִּי מָאֲסוּ אֵת תֹּורַת יְהוָה צְבָאֹות וְאֵת אִמְרַת קְדֹושׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵל נִאֵצוּ׃ (8026)

25Therefore 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.

עַל־כֵּן חָרָה אַף־יְהוָה בְּעַמֹּו וַיֵּט יָדֹו עָלָיו וַיַּכֵּהוּ וַיִּרְגְּזוּ הֶהָרִים וַתְּהִי נִבְלָתָם כַּסּוּחָה בְּקֶרֶב חוּצֹות בְּכָל־זֹאת לֹא־שָׁב אַפֹּו וְעֹוד יָדֹו נְטוּיָה׃ (4230)

26And 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:

וְנָשָׂא־נֵס לַגֹּויִם מֵרָחֹוק וְשָׁרַק לֹו מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ וְהִנֵּה מְהֵרָה קַל יָבֹוא׃ (2548)

27None 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:

אֵין־עָיֵף וְאֵין־כֹּושֵׁל בֹּו לֹא יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן וְלֹא נִפְתַּח אֵזֹור חֲלָצָיו וְלֹא נִתַּק שְׂרֹוךְ נְעָלָיו׃ (3408)

28Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

אֲשֶׁר חִצָּיו שְׁנוּנִים וְכָל־קַשְּׁתֹתָיו דְּרֻכֹות פַּרְסֹות סוּסָיו כַּצַּר נֶחְשָׁבוּ וְגַלְגִּלָּיו כַּסּוּפָה׃ (4796)

29Their 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.

שְׁאָגָה לֹו כַּלָּבִיא [וְשָׁאַג כ] (יִשְׁאַג ק) כַּכְּפִירִים וְיִנְהֹם וְיֹאחֵז טֶרֶף וְיַפְלִיט וְאֵין מַצִּיל׃ (2346)

30And 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.

וְיִנְהֹם עָלָיו בַּיֹּום הַהוּא כְּנַהֲמַת־יָם וְנִבַּט לָאָרֶץ וְהִנֵּה־חֹשֶׁךְ צַר וָאֹור חָשַׁךְ בַּעֲרִיפֶיהָ׃ (2857)