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Isa 5:2 — And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

fenced it		or, made a wall about it. Exd 33:16; Num 23:9; Deu 32:8,9; Psa 44:1-3; Rom 9:4
planted		Jer 2:21
the choicest vine		Sorek, in Arabic, sharik, certainly denotes an excellent vine; but some with Bp. Lowth, retain it as a proper name. Sorek was a valley lying between Askelon and Gaza, so called from the excellence of its vines. Jdg 16:4
and built		Isa 1:8; Mic 4:8
made		Heb. hewed
a winepress		Isa 63:2,3; Neh 13:15; Rev 14:18-20
he looked		Isa 5:7; Isa 1:2-4,21-23; Deu 32:6; Mat 21:34; Mar 11:13; Mar 12:2; Luk 13:7; Luk 20:10-18; 1Cr 9:7
wild grapes		Deu 32:32,33; Hsa 10:1

Correlating Passages

fenced it

	Exd 33:16	For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? [is it] not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that [are] upon the face of the earth.
	Num 23:9	For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
	Deu 32:8	When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
	Deu 32:9	For the LORD'S portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance.
	Psa 44:1	[[To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.]] We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
	Psa 44:2	[How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
	Psa 44:3	For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
	Rom 9:4	Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service [of God], and the promises;

planted

Jer 2:21

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

the choicest vine

Jdg 16:4

And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah.

and built

	Isa 1:8	And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
	Mic 4:8	And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.

a winepress

	Isa 63:2	Wherefore [art thou] red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
	Isa 63:3	I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people [there was] none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
	Neh 13:15	In those days saw I in Judah [some] treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all [manner of] burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified [against them] in the day wherein they sold victuals.
	Rev 14:18	And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
	Rev 14:19	And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
	Rev 14:20	And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs.

he looked

	Isa 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.
	Isa 1:2	Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
	Isa 1:3	The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
	Isa 1:4	Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
	Isa 1:21	How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
	Isa 1:22	Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
	Isa 1:23	Thy princes [are] rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
	Deu 32:6	Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not he thy father [that] hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
	Mat 21:34	And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
	Mar 11:13	And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not [yet].
	Mar 12:2	And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
	Luk 13:7	Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
	Luk 20:10	And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent [him] away empty.
	Luk 20:11	And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated [him] shamefully, and sent [him] away empty.
	Luk 20:12	And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast [him] out.
	Luk 20:13	Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence [him] when they see him.
	Luk 20:14	But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
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	1Cr 9:7	Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

wild grapes

	Deu 32:32	For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters [are] bitter:
	Deu 32:33	Their wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
	Hsa 10:1	Israel [is] an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 5:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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