Isaiah 5:7

New Century Version

The vineyard belonging to the Lord All-Powerful is the nation of Israel; the garden that he loves is the people of Judah. He looked for justice, but there was only killing. He hoped for right living, but there were only cries of pain.

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

Then the Lord said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.

2 Samuel 7:10

Also I will choose a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them so they can live in their own homes. They will not be bothered anymore. Wicked people will no longer bother them as they have in the past

Job 34:28

The cry of the poor comes to God; he hears the cry of the needy.

Psalm 147:11

The Lord is pleased with those who respect him, with those who trust his love.

Psalm 149:4

The Lord is pleased with his people; he saves the humble.

Psalm 80:15

You planted this shoot with your own hands and strengthened this child.

Exodus 3:7

The Lord said, “I have seen the troubles my people have suffered in Egypt, and I have heard their cries when the Egyptian slave masters hurt them. I am concerned about their pain,

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever ignores the poor when they cry for help will also cry for help and not be answered.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the people who were mistreated here on earth. I saw their tears and that they had no one to comfort them. Cruel people had all the power, and there was no one to comfort those they hurt.

Song of Solomon 7:6

You are beautiful and pleasant; my love, you are full of delights.

Isaiah 1:21

The city of Jerusalem once followed the Lord, but she is no longer loyal to him. She used to be filled with fairness; people there lived the way God wanted. But now, murderers live there.

Isaiah 1:6

There is no healthy spot from the bottom of your foot to the top of your head; you are covered with wounds, hurts, and open sores that are not cleaned and covered, and no medicine takes away the pain.

Isaiah 27:2

At that time people will sing about the pleasant vineyard.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord presents his case against the elders and other leaders of his people: “You have burned the vineyard. Your houses are full of what you took from the poor.

Isaiah 3:15

What gives you the right to crush my people and grind the faces of the poor into the dirt?” The Lord God All-Powerful says this.

Isaiah 3:17

So the Lord will put sores on the heads of those women in Jerusalem, and he will make them lose their hair.

Isaiah 30:12

So this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You people have refused to accept this message and have depended on cruelty and lies to help you.

Isaiah 46:12

Listen to me, you stubborn people, who are far from what is right.

Isaiah 5:2

He dug and cleared the field of stones and planted the best grapevines there. He built a tower in the middle of it and cut out a winepress as well. He hoped good grapes would grow there, but only bad ones grew.

Isaiah 59:13

sinning and rejecting the Lord, turning away from our God, planning to hurt others and to disobey God, planning and speaking lies.

Isaiah 59:14

So we have driven away justice, and we have kept away from what is right. Truth is not spoken in the streets; what is honest is not allowed to enter the city.

Isaiah 59:4

People take each other to court unfairly, and no one tells the truth in arguing his case. They accuse each other falsely and tell lies. They cause trouble and create more evil.

Isaiah 62:5

As a young man marries a woman, so your children will marry your land. As a man rejoices over his new wife, so your God will rejoice over you.

Jeremiah 12:10

Many shepherds have ruined my vineyards and trampled the plants in my field. They have turned my beautiful field into an empty desert.

Jeremiah 24:2

One of the baskets had very good figs in it, like figs that ripen early in the season. But the other basket had figs too rotten to eat.

Jeremiah 50:46

At the sound of Babylon’s capture, the earth will shake. People in all nations will hear Babylon’s cry of distress.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people cheat others and steal. They hurt people who are poor and needy. They cheat foreigners and do not treat them fairly.

Hosea 10:1

Israel is like a large vine that produced plenty of fruit. As the people became richer, they built more altars for idols. As their land became better, they put up better stone pillars to honor gods.

Micah 6:12

The rich people of the city do cruel things. Its people tell lies; they do not tell the truth.

Micah 6:8

The Lord has told you, human, what is good; he has told you what he wants from you: to do what is right to other people, love being kind to others, and live humbly, obeying your God.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do you make me see wrong things and make me look at trouble? People are destroying things and hurting others in front of me; they are arguing and fighting.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is with you; the mighty One will save you. He will rejoice over you. You will rest in his love; he will sing and be joyful about you.”

Matthew 23:23

“How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You give to God one-tenth of everything you earn—even your mint, dill, and cumin. But you don’t obey the really important teachings of the law—justice, mercy, and being loyal. These are the things you should do, as well as those other things.

Luke 18:7

God will always give what is right to his people who cry to him night and day, and he will not be slow to answer them.

John 15:2

He cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit. And he trims and cleans every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Beware of evil thoughts. Don’t think, “The seventh year is near, the year to cancel what people owe.” You might be mean to the needy and not give them anything. Then they will complain to the Lord about you, and he will find you guilty of sin.

James 5:4

The pay you did not give the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the workers have been heard by the Lord All-Powerful.