THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Isaiah Chapter 1 to 30)

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Isaiah 5:1 (NLT)
Now I will sing for the one I love
A song about his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a rich and fertile hill.
 
Isaiah 5:2 (NLT)

2 He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with the best vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were bitter.
 
Isaiah 5:4 (NLT) - 4 What more could I have done for my vineyard that I have not already done? When I expected sweet grapes, why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?
 
Isaiah 5:5 (NLT) - 5 Now let me tell you what I will do to my vineyard:I will tear down its hedges and let it be destroyed. I will break down its walls and let the animals trample it.
 
Isaiah 5:7 NLT)

7 The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. The people of Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence.
 
Isaiah 5:8 NLT) - 8 What sorrow for you who buy up house after house and field after field, until everyone is evicted and you live alone in the land.
 
Isaiah 5:9 NLT) - 9 But I have heard the Lord of Heaven’s Armies swear a solemn oath:“Many houses will stand deserted; even beautiful mansions will be empty.
 
Isaiah 5:10 NLT) - 10 Ten acres of vineyard will not produce even six gallons of wine. Ten baskets of seed will yield only one basket of grain.”
 
Isaiah 5:11 (NLT)
what sorrow for those who get up early in the morning
looking for a drink of alcohol
and spend long evenings drinking wine
to make themselves flaming drunk.
 
Isaiah 5:12 (NLT)
They furnish wine and lovely music at their grand parties__
lyre and harp, tambourine and flute,
but they never think about Lord
or notice what he is doing.
 
Isaiah 5:13 (NLT)
So my people Will go into exile far away
because they do not know me.
Those who are great and honored will starve,
and the common people will die of thirst.
 
Isaiah 5:14 (NLT)
The grave is licking its lips in anticipation,
opening its mouth wide.
The great and the lowly
and all the drunken mob will be swallowed up.
 
Isaiah 5:15 (NLT)
Humanity will be destroyed, and people brought down;
even the arrogant will lower their eyes in humiliation.
 
Isaiah 5:16 (NLT)
But the LORD of Heaven's Armies will be exalted for his justice.
The holiness of God will be displayed by his righteousness.
 
Isaiah 5:17 (NLT)
In that day lambs will find good pastures,
and fattened sheep and young goats will feed among the ruins.
 
Isaiah 5:18 (NLT)
What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them
with ropes made of lies,
who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!
 
Isaiah 5:19 (NLT)
They even mock God and say,
"Hurry up and do something!
We want to see what you can do.
Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan,
for we want to know what it is."
 
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