Isaiah 5:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For the vineyard of the  Lord of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men  of Judah, the plant he delighted in. He expected justice but saw injustice; he expected righteousness but heard cries of despair.

Cross References

James 5:4

Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers  who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies.

John 15:2

Every branch in me that does not produce fruit he removes,   and he prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.

Luke 18:7

Will not God grant justice   to his elect   who cry out to him day and night?   Will he delay   helping them?

Matthew 23:23

‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of   mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law #– #justice,   mercy, and faithfulness.   These things should have been done without neglecting the others.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is among you, a warrior  who saves. He will rejoice over you  with gladness. He will be quiet  in his love. He will delight in you with singing.’

Micah 6:8

Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the  Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.

Jeremiah 12:10

Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard; they have trampled my plot of land. They have turned my desirable plot into a desolate wasteland.

Isaiah 62:5

For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a groom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Isaiah 5:2

He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones, and planted it with the finest vines. He built a tower in the middle of it and even dug out a winepress there. He expected  it to yield good grapes, but it yielded worthless grapes.

Isaiah 3:17

the Lord will put scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will shave their foreheads bare.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord brings this charge against the elders and leaders of his people: ‘You have devastated the vineyard. The plunder from the poor is in your houses.

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of the foot even to the head, no spot is uninjured   – wounds, welts, and festering sores not cleansed, bandaged, or soothed with oil.

Song of Solomon 7:6

How beautiful you are and how pleasant, my love, with such delights!

Proverbs 21:13

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.

Job 34:28

but caused the poor to cry out to him, and he heard the outcry of the needy.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, “The seventh year, the year of cancelling debts, is near,” and you are stingy towards your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty.

Exodus 3:7

Then the Lord said, ‘I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out  because of their oppressors. I know about their sufferings,

Genesis 4:10

Then he said, ‘What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!

2 Samuel 7:10

I will designate a place  for my people Israel and plant them,  so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they have done

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun.  Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.

Isaiah 3:15

Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor? ’ This is the declaration of the Lord  God of Armies.

Isaiah 27:2

On that day sing about a desirable vineyard:

Isaiah 30:12

Therefore the Holy One of Israel says: ‘Because you have rejected this message and have trusted in oppression and deceit, and have depended on them,

Isaiah 59:4

No one makes claims justly; no one pleads honestly. They trust in empty and worthless words; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

Isaiah 59:13

transgression and deception against the  Lord, turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket contained very good figs, like early figs,  but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad that they were inedible.

Jeremiah 50:46

At the sound of Babylon’s conquest the earth will quake; a cry will be heard among the nations.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practised extortion and committed robbery.  They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the resident foreigner.

Micah 6:12

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.

Isaiah 1:21

The faithful town – what an adulteress  she has become! She was once full of justice. Righteousness once dwelt in her, but now, murderers!

Isaiah 46:12

Listen to me, you hard-hearted, far removed from justice:

Hosea 10:1

Israel is a lush   vine; it yields fruit for itself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better they made the sacred pillars.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do you force me to look at injustice? Why do you tolerate   wrongdoing? Oppression and violence are right in front of me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.