Isaiah 5:3

3 "And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, ¹Judge between Me and My vineyard.

Isaiah 5:3 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 5:3

And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah
All and everyone of them, who were parties concerned in this matter, and are designed by the vineyard, for whom so much had been done, and so little fruit brought forth by them, or rather so much bad fruit: judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard;
between God and themselves; they are made judges in their own cause; the case was so clear and evident, that God is as it were willing the affair should be decided by their own judgment and verdict: so the Targum,

``judge now judgment between me and my people.''

Isaiah 5:3 In-Context

1 Let me sing now for my well-beloved A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

2 He dug it all around, removed its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it And also hewed out a wine vat in it; Then He expected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only worthless ones.

3 "And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard.

4 "What more was there to do for My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce worthless ones?

5 "So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard: I will remove its hedge and it will be consumed; I will break down its wall and it will become trampled ground.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 21:40