Isaiah 5

“Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very…” The line’s distinctive content terms include vineyard, wellbeloved, beloved. Its relationship to verses 2 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the…” The line’s distinctive content terms include grapes, built, choicest. Its relationship to verses 1 and 3 shows what work it does in this passage.

“And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.” Naming Jerusalem and Judah keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should…” The question slows the passage down. Notice who is being pressed to answer, what the question assumes, and whether the next lines provide a response.

“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…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone…” Naming Woe keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till…” Naming Woe keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the…” The line’s distinctive content terms include consider, feasts, hands. Its relationship to verses 11 and 13 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:” Naming Woe keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“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…” The number one makes the report concrete. Ask whether it measures time, people, distance, repetition, or completeness before deciding what weight it carries.

“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter…” Naming Woe keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!” Naming Woe keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:” Naming Woe keeps the account rooted in particular people or places. Follow where the name returns and what changes around it.

“Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!” The line’s distinctive content terms include justify, reward, righteous. Its relationship to verses 22 and 24 shows what work it does in this passage.

“Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and…” This line supplies a reason, result, or conclusion. It should stay attached to the claim or action that gives it meaning.

“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…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.

“And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold…” The command cannot be understood from the verb alone. Its recipient, purpose, and place in the larger covenant or argument define the responsibility.