Isaías 5:1-9

1 Un canto acerca de la viña del Señor
Ahora cantaré para aquel a quien amo
un canto acerca de su viña.
Mi amado tenía una viña
en una colina rica y fértil.

2 Aró la tierra, le quitó las piedras
y sembró en ella las mejores vides.
En medio de su viña construyó una torre de vigilancia
y talló un lagar en las rocas cercanas.
Luego esperó una cosecha de uvas dulces,
pero las uvas que crecieron eran amargas.

3 Ahora ustedes, pueblo de Jerusalén y de Judá,
juzguen entre mi viña y yo.

4 ¿Qué más podría hacer por mi viña,
que no haya hecho ya?
¿Por qué, cuando esperaba uvas dulces,
mi viña me dio uvas amargas?

5 Déjenme decirles ahora
lo que haré con mi viña:
echaré abajo sus cercos
y dejaré que se destruya.
Derrumbaré sus muros
y dejaré que los animales la pisoteen.

6 La convertiré en un lugar silvestre,
donde no se podan las vides ni se remueve la tierra;
un lugar cubierto de cardos y espinos.
Ordenaré a las nubes
que no dejen caer la lluvia sobre ella.

7 La nación de Israel es la viña del Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales.
El pueblo de Judá es su agradable huerto.
Él esperaba una cosecha de justicia,
pero, en cambio, encontró opresión.
Esperaba encontrar rectitud,
pero, en cambio, oyó gritos de violencia.

8 Culpa de Judá y su juicio
¡Qué aflicción para ustedes que se apropian de una casa tras otra y de un campo tras otro
hasta que todos queden desalojados y ustedes vivan solos en la tierra!

9 Pero yo he oído al Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales
hacer un juramento solemne:
«Muchas casas quedarán abandonadas;
hasta mansiones hermosas estarán vacías.

Isaías 5:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 5

In this chapter, under the parable of a vineyard and its ruins, the Jews and their destruction are represented; the reasons of which are given, their manifold sins and transgressions, particularly enumerated, with the punishment threatened to them, and which is delivered in form of a song. The vineyard is described by the owner of it, a well beloved one; by the situation of it, in a fruitful hill; by the fence about it, and care and culture of it; and by its not answering the expectation of the owner, it bringing forth wild grapes instead of good ones, Isa 5:1,2 wherefore the men of Judah and Jerusalem are made judges between the owner and his vineyard, what more could have been done to it, or rather what was now to be done to it, since this was the case; and the result is, that it should be utterly laid waste, and come to ruin; and the whole is applied to the house of Israel, and men of Judah, Isa 5:3-7 whose sins, as the cause of their ruin, are mentioned in the following verses; their covetousness, with the punishment of it, Isa 5:8-10 their intemperance, luxury, and love of pleasure, with the punishment threatened thereunto, Isa 5:11-14 whereby haughty men should be humbled, the Lord be glorified, and at the same time his weak and innocent people would be taken care of, Isa 5:15-17 next, other sins are taken notice of, and woes pronounced on account of them, as, an impudent course of sinning, insolent impiety against God, confusion of good and evil, conceit of their own wisdom, drunkenness, and perversion of justice, Isa 5:18-23 wherefore for these things, and for their contempt and rejection of the law and word of the Lord, utter destruction is threatened them, Isa 5:24 yea, the anger of God had been already kindled against them, and they had felt it in some instances, Isa 5:25 but they are given to expect severer judgments, by means of foreign nations, that should be gathered against them; who are described by their swiftness, strength, and vigilance; by their armour, horses, and carriages; and by their terror and cruelty; the consequence of which would be utter darkness, distress, and calamities, in the land of Judea, Isa 5:26-30.