Isaías 5:5

5 Os mostraré, pues, ahora lo que haré yo a mi viña: Le quitaré su vallado, y será para ser consumida; aportillaré su cerca, y será para ser hollada

Isaías 5:5 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 5:5

And now, go to; I will tell you what I will do to my
vineyard
Not by bestowing fresh favours upon them, but by inflicting punishment on them, for abusing what they had received; and this he told by John Baptist, Christ, and his apostles, what he determined to do; and what he was about to do to the Jewish nation, in the utter ruin of it, ( Matthew 3:12 ) ( Luke 19:43 Luke 19:44 ) . I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up;
that is, the vineyard shall be eaten by the wild beasts that will enter into it, when the hedge is taken away; or "it shall be burnt"; that is, the hedge, being a hedge of thorns, as Jarchi and Kimchi observe; such there were about vineyards, besides the stone wall after mentioned: [and] break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down;
the vineyard, or the vines in it, see ( Psalms 80:12 Psalms 80:13 ) this is to be understood of the Lord's removing his presence, power, and protection from the Jewish nation, and leaving them naked, destitute, and helpless, and exposed to their enemies. The Targum is,

``and now I will declare to you what I will do to my people; I will cause my Shechinah, or Majesty, to remove from them, and they shall be for a spoil; and I will break down the house of their sanctuary, and they shall be for treading.''

Isaías 5:5 In-Context

3 Ahora, pues, vecinos de Jerusalén y varones de Judá, juzgad ahora entre mí y mi viña

4 ¿Qué más se había de hacer a mi viña, que yo no hice en ella? ¿Cómo, esperando yo que diera uvas, ha dado uvas silvestres

5 Os mostraré, pues, ahora lo que haré yo a mi viña: Le quitaré su vallado, y será para ser consumida; aportillaré su cerca, y será para ser hollada

6 haré que quede desierta; no será podada ni cavada; y crecerán el cardo y las espinas; y aun a las nubes mandaré que no derramen lluvia sobre ella

7 Ciertamente la viña del SEÑOR de los ejércitos es la casa de Israel, y todo hombre de Judá planta suya deleitosa. Esperaba juicio, y he aquí opresión; justicia, y he aquí clamor