Isaiah 5:2 — He dug it all around and cleared away its stones,
And planted it with the choic… — AMP | maBible
Read Isaiah 5:2 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Isaiah 5.2, Isaiah 5v2, Es. 5:2. He dug it all around and cleared away its stones,
And planted it with the choicest vine (the people of Judah).
And He built a tower in the center of it;
And also hewed out a win…
Other reference formats: Isaiah 5.2, Isaiah 5v2, Es. 5:2.
2 He dug it all around and cleared away its stones,
And planted it with the choicest vine (the people of Judah).
And He built a tower in the center of it;
And also hewed out a wine vat in it.
Then He expected it to produce [the choicest] grapes,
But it produced only worthless ones.
Passage themes
A people set apart — he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof
Planted by God — planted it
An excellent vine — with the choicest vine
The watchtower — built a tower in the midst of it
Treading the harvest — also made a winepress therein
God expects fruit — he looked that it should bring forth grapes
Degenerate fruit — it brought forth wild grapes
Notes and references
Lit a bright red grape.
This was the lower of two hollowed-out reservoirs made in the soft rock, one above the other, connected by a channel that allowed the juice pressed out in the upper reservoir to flow to the lower.