Isaiah 5:7

New English Translation

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got – disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got – cries for help!

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

But the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

2 Samuel 7:10

I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed any more. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

Job 34:28

so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

Psalm 147:11

The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers, and in those who wait for his loyal love.

Psalm 149:4

For the Lord takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.

Psalm 80:15

the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow!

Exodus 3:7

The Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

Proverbs 21:13

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.

Song of Solomon 7:6

How beautiful you are! How lovely, O love, with your delights!

Isaiah 1:21

How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers.

Isaiah 1:6

From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.

Isaiah 27:2

When that time comes, sing about a delightful vineyard!

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says, “It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

Isaiah 3:15

Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?” The sovereign Lord who commands armies has spoken.

Isaiah 3:17

So the sovereign master will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women with skin diseases, the Lord will make the front of their heads bald.”

Isaiah 30:12

For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You have rejected this message; you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, and rely on that kind of behavior.

Isaiah 46:12

Listen to me, you stubborn people, you who distance yourself from doing what is right.

Isaiah 5:2

He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.

Isaiah 59:13

We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.

Isaiah 59:4

No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

Isaiah 62:5

As a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

Jeremiah 12:10

Many foreign rulers will ruin the land where I planted my people. They will trample all over my chosen land. They will turn my beautiful land into a desolate wasteland.

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten.

Jeremiah 50:46

The people of the earth will quake when they hear Babylon has been captured. Her cries of anguish will be heard by the other nations.”

Ezekiel 22:29

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice.

Hosea 10:1

Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars.

Micah 6:12

The city’s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.

Micah 6:8

He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you.”

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law – justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

Luke 18:7

Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

John 15:2

He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.

James 5:4

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.