| J. Cheryl Exum - Religion - 2005 - 298 pages
...prophet's audience, but, lest the audience miss the point, the allegorical meaning is spelled out: For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; he expected justice, but, behold, bloodshed! righteousness, but, behold,... | |
| Jonathan E. Ruopp, Jonathan Ruopp Sr. - Religion - 2005 - 322 pages
...Husbandman Vine Genesis 9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but... | |
| George Martin - Bible - 2005 - 498 pages
...out a wine press. Then he looked for the crop of grapes, but what it yielded was wild grapes. . . . The vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of ]udah are his cherished plant. Isaiah 5:1-2, 7 307 As Jesus continues his parable, however, he departs... | |
| Marc Zvi Brettler - Religion - 2010 - 401 pages
...sing for my beloved / A song of my lover about his vineyard," verse 7 spells out who the players are: "For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts / Is the House of Israel, / And the seedlings he lovingly tended / Are the men of "Drink Deep of Love!" 263 Judah." In contrast, no similar... | |
| Roger E. Van Harn - Religion - 2005 - 652 pages
...of this "friend." No longer does he speak in the form of a parable, but in plain, ordinary language: For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah. He concludes with a pair of puns in Hebrew, which make his message unforgettable:... | |
| Frank Stern - Religion - 2006 - 308 pages
...More understood that the vineyard was the Jewish people. Isaiah intimated as much in the next verse: "For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the seedlings he lovingly tended are the men of Judah."2 God looked for justice and righteousness. Instead... | |
| Religion - 2005 - 908 pages
...down. 6 I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant... | |
| Jonah Immanu - 2005 - 196 pages
...were analogous to the wicked husbandmen1. It is interesting to note Isaiah (Yesha Yahu) 5:7. It says: "For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel." The servants beaten, stoned and killed were the prophets who went before the son of the Lord of the... | |
| Penina Adelman - Religion - 2005 - 253 pages
...Yocheved, because of whom Israel was called vineyard of the Holy One, Blessed be He; as it is said, "For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the House of Israel" (Isa. 5:7). And why was she called Yocheved? Because her face was like Ziv HaKavod (Majestic Splendor).... | |
| Erik M. Heen, Philip D. W. Krey, Thomas C. Oden - Religion - 2005 - 326 pages
...Would you like to know in what way the faithful are compared with clouds in holy writ? Isaiah says, "I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon them."" Moses was speaking as if he were a cloud when he said, "May my teaching drop as the rain."32... | |
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