Isaiah 5:7

New American Bible - revised edition

The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, the people of Judah, his cherished plant; He waited for judgment, but see, bloodshed! for justice, but hark, the outcry!

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

God then said: What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!

2 Samuel 7:10

I will assign a place for my people Israel and I will plant them in it to dwell there; they will never again be disturbed, nor shall the wicked ever again oppress them, as they did at the beginning,

Job 34:28

And made the cry of the poor reach him, so that he heard the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 147:11

Rather the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, those who put their hope in his mercy.

Psalm 149:4

For the Lord takes delight in his people, honors the poor with victory.

Psalm 80:15

Turn back again, God of hosts; look down from heaven and see; Visit this vine,

Exodus 3:7

But the Lord said: I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry against their taskmasters, so I know well what they are suffering.

Proverbs 21:13

Those who shut their ears to the cry of the poor will themselves call out and not be answered.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that take place under the sun: the tears of the victims with none to comfort them! From the hand of their oppressors comes violence, and there is none to comfort them!

Song of Solomon 7:6

Your head rises upon you like Carmel; your hair is like purple; a king is caught in its locks.

Isaiah 1:21

How she has become a prostitute, the faithful city, so upright! Justice used to lodge within her, but now, murderers.

Isaiah 1:6

From the sole of the foot to the head there is no sound spot in it; Just bruise and welt and oozing wound, not drained, or bandaged, or eased with salve.

Isaiah 27:2

On that day— The pleasant vineyard, sing about it!

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord enters into judgment with the people’s elders and princes: You, you who have devoured the vineyard; the loot wrested from the poor is in your houses.

Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean by crushing my people, and grinding down the faces of the poor? says the Lord, the God of hosts.

Isaiah 3:17

The Lord shall cover the scalps of Zion’s daughters with scabs, and the Lord shall lay bare their heads.

Isaiah 30:12

Therefore, thus says the Holy One of Israel: Because you reject this word, And put your trust in oppression and deceit, and depend on them,

Isaiah 46:12

Listen to me, you fainthearted, far from the victory of justice:

Isaiah 5:2

He spaded it, cleared it of stones, and planted the choicest vines; Within it he built a watchtower, and hewed out a wine press. Then he waited for the crop of grapes, but it yielded rotten grapes.

Isaiah 59:13

Transgressing, and denying the Lord, turning back from following our God, Planning fraud and treachery, uttering lying words conceived in the heart.

Isaiah 59:14

Judgment is turned away, and justice stands far off; For truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.

Isaiah 59:4

No one brings suit justly, no one pleads truthfully; They trust an empty plea and tell lies; they conceive mischief and bring forth malice.

Isaiah 62:5

For as a young man marries a virgin, your Builder shall marry you; And as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride so shall your God rejoice in you.

Jeremiah 12:10

Many shepherds have ravaged my vineyard, have trampled down my heritage; My delightful portion they have turned into a desert waste.

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket contained excellent figs, those that ripen early. But the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

Jeremiah 50:46

At the cry “Babylon is captured!” the earth quakes; the outcry is heard among the nations.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they wrong the poor and the needy, and oppress the resident alien without justice.

Hosea 10:1

Israel is a luxuriant vine whose fruit matches its growth. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built; The more productive his land, the more sacred pillars he set up.

Micah 6:12

You whose wealthy are full of violence, whose inhabitants speak falsehood with deceitful tongues in their mouths!

Micah 6:8

You have been told, O mortal, what is good, and what the Lord requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do you let me see iniquity? why do you simply gaze at evil? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife and discord.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord, your God, is in your midst, a mighty savior, Who will rejoice over you with gladness, and renew you in his love, Who will sing joyfully because of you,

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. [But] these you should have done, without neglecting the others.

Luke 18:7

Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them?

John 15:2

He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Be careful not to entertain the mean thought, “The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,” so that you would begrudge your kin who is in need and give nothing, and your kin would cry to the Lord against you and you would be held guilty.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.