Isaiah 5:10

10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[a] of wine; a homer[b] of seed will yield only an ephah[c] of grain.”

Isaiah 5:10 in Other Translations

KJV
10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
ESV
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah."
NLT
10 Ten acres of vineyard will not produce even six gallons of wine. Ten baskets of seed will yield only one basket of grain.”
MSG
10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce a pint of wine, a fifty-pound sack of seed, a quart of grain."
CSB
10 For a ten-acre vineyard will yield only six gallons, and 10 bushels of seed will yield only [one] bushel.

Isaiah 5:10 In-Context

8 Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.
9 The LORD Almighty has declared in my hearing: “Surely the great houses will become desolate, the fine mansions left without occupants.
10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath of wine; a homer of seed will yield only an ephah of grain.”
11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine.
12 They have harps and lyres at their banquets, pipes and timbrels and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the LORD, no respect for the work of his hands.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S ver 6; Leviticus 26:26; S Deuteronomy 28:38; Zechariah 8:10

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. That is, about 6 gallons or about 22 liters
  • [b]. That is, probably about 360 pounds or about 160 kilograms
  • [c]. That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
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