Isaiah 5 · Verse 6

Isaiah 5:6

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isaiah 5:6, King James Version

Isaiah 5:6 in other translations

BSBI will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”
WEBI will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”
ASVand I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
YLTAnd I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain.
DARBYand I will make it a waste — it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
BBEAnd I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.
WebsterAnd I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

What does Isaiah 5:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. I will ... command--The parable is partly dropped and Jehovah, as in Is 5:7, is implied to be the Owner: for He alone, not an ordinary husbandman (Mt 21:43; Lu 17:22), could give such a "command." no rain--antitypically, the heaven-sent teachings of the prophets (Am 8:11). Not accomplished in the Babylonish captivity; for Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Haggai, and Zechariah prophesied during or after it. But in gospel times.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 There shall come up briers and thorns "The thorn shall spring up in it" - One MS. has בשמיר beshamir. The true reading seems to be בו שמור bo shamir, which is confirmed by the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 5:1-7

The state and conduct of the Jewish nation. (Is. 5:1-7) The judgments which would come. (Is. 5:8-23) The executioners of these judgments. (Is. 5:24-30) Verses 1-7 Christ is God's beloved Son, and our beloved Saviour. The care of the Lord over the church of Israel, is described by the management of a vineyard. The advantages of our situation will be brought into the account another day. He planted it with the…

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Isaiah 5:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַאֲשִׁיתֵ֣הוּva.'a.shi.Te.huand I will make itH7896
בָתָ֗הva.Taha desolationH1326
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
יִזָּמֵר֙yi.za.Merit will be prunedH2168
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יֵעָדֵ֔רye.'a.Derit will be hoedH5737
וְעָלָ֥הve.'a.Lahand it will grow upH5927
שָׁמִ֖ירsha.Mirthorn[s]H8068
וָשָׁ֑יִתva.Sha.yitand bush[es]H7898
וְעַ֤לve.'Aland toH5921
הֶעָבִים֙he.'a.Vimthe cloudsH5645
אֲצַוֶּ֔ה'a.tza.VehI will commandH6680
מֵהַמְטִ֥ירme.ham.Tirfrom rainingH4305
עָלָ֖יו'a.Lavon itH5921
מָטָֽר\׃ma.TarrainH4306

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Cross references for Isaiah 5:6

  • Isaiah 7:23-25

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

  • Jeremiah 25:11

    And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

  • Isaiah 24:1-3

    Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.

  • Isaiah 24:12

    In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

  • Deuteronomy 28:23-24

    And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

  • Luke 21:24

    And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

  • Hebrews 6:6-8

    If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:19-21

    And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

  • Isaiah 30:23

    Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

  • Zechariah 14:16-17

    And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

  • Isaiah 32:13-14

    Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

  • Isaiah 5:9-10

    In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will lay.
9,10; 6:11,12; 24:1-3,12; 32:13,14; Le 26:33-35; De 29:23
2Ch 36:19-21; Jer 25:11; 45:4; Lu 21:24
it shall.
7:23-25; Ho 3:4
also.
30:23; De 28:23,24; Am 4:7; Zec 14:16,17; Heb 6:6-8; Re 11:6

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Context

  • Isaiah 5:5

    And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

  • Isaiah 5:6

    And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

  • 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 behold a cry.

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Isaiah 5:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Haré que quede desierta; no será podada ni cavada, y crecerá el cardo y las espinas: y aun á las nubes mandaré que no derramen lluvia sobre ella.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et je la réduirai en désert; elle ne sera pas taillée, et elle ne sera pas sarclée, et les ronces et les épines monteront; et je commanderai aux nuées qu’elles ne laissent pas tomber de pluie sur elle.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde ihn zu Grunde richten; er soll nicht beschnitten noch behackt werden, und Dornen und Disteln sollen in ihm aufschießen; und ich will den Wolken gebieten, daß sie keinen Regen auf ihn fallen lassen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ponam eam desertam; non putabitur et non fodietur: et ascendent vepres et spinæ, et nubibus mandabo ne pluant super eam imbrem.