Isaiah · Unlocked Literal Bible
Isaiah 5 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Let me sing for my well beloved, a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My well beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
1 AHORA cantaré por mi amado el cantar de mi amado á su viña. Tenía mi amado una viña en un recuesto, lugar fértil.
2 He spaded it, removed the stones, and planted it with an excellent kind of vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and also built a winepress. He waited for it to produce grapes, but it only produced wild grapes.
2 Habíala cercado, y despedregádola, y plantádola de vides escogidas: había edificado en medio de ella una torre, y también asentado un lagar en ella: y esperaba que llevase uvas, y llevó uvas silvestres.
3 So now, inhabitant of Jerusalem and man of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
3 Ahora pues, vecinos de Jerusalem y varones de Judá, juzgad ahora entre mí y mi viña.
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard, that I have not done for it? When I looked for it to produce grapes, why did it produce wild grapes?
4 ¿Qué más se había de hacer á mi viña, que yo no haya hecho en ella? ¿Cómo, esperando yo que llevase uvas, ha llevado uvas silvestres?
5 Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will remove the hedge, I will turn it into a pasture, I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled down.
5 Os mostraré pues ahora lo que haré yo á mi viña: Quitaréle su vallado, y será para ser consumida; aportillaré su cerca, y será para ser hollada;
6 I will lay it waste, and it will not be pruned nor hoed. Instead, briers and thorns will spring up. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.
6 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.
7 For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts is the house of Israel, and the man of Judah his pleasant planting; he waited for justice, but instead, there was killing; for righteousness, but, instead, a shout for help.
7 Ciertamente la viña de Jehová de los ejércitos es la casa de Israel, y los hombres de Judá planta suya deleitosa. Esperaba juicio, y he aquí vileza; justicia, y he aquí clamor.
8 Woe to those who join house to house, who join field to field, until no room remains, and you alone remain in the land!
8 ¡Ay de los que juntan casa con casa, y allegan heredad á heredad hasta acabar el término! ¿Habitaréis vosotros solos en medio de la tierra?
9 Yahweh of hosts told me, many houses will be empty, even great and impressive ones, without any inhabitant.
9 [Ha llegado] á mis oídos de parte de Jehová de los ejércitos, que las muchas casas han de quedar asoladas, sin morador las grandes y hermosas.
10 For a ten-yoke vineyard will yield only one bath, and one homer of seed will yield only an ephah.
10 Y diez huebras de viña producirán un zaque, y treinta modios de simiente darán tres modios.
11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning to obtain strong drink, those who linger late into the night until wine inflames them.
11 ¡Ay de los que se levantan de mañana para seguir la embriaguez; que se están hasta la noche, hasta que el vino los enciende!
12 They banquet with harp, lute, tambourine, flute, and wine, but they do not recognize the work of Yahweh, nor have they considered the doings of his hands.
12 Y en sus banquetes hay arpas, vihuelas, tamboriles, flautas, y vino; y no miran la obra de Jehová, ni consideran la obra de sus manos.
13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity for lack of understanding; their honored leaders go hungry, and their common people have nothing to drink.
13 Por tanto mi pueblo fué llevado cautivo, porque no tuvo ciencia: y su gloria pereció de hambre, y su multitud se secó de sed.
14 Therefore Sheol has made its appetite greater and has opened its mouth very wide; their elite, the people, their leaders, and the revelers and those who are happy among them, descend into Sheol.
14 Por eso ensanchó su interior el sepulcro, y sin medida extendió su boca; y [allá] descenderá la gloria de ellos, y su multitud, y su fausto, y el que en él se holgaba.
15 Man will be forced to bend down, and mankind will be humbled; the eyes of the lofty will be cast down.
15 Y el hombre será humillado, y el varón será abatido, y bajados serán los ojos de los altivos.
16 Yahweh of hosts will be exalted in his justice, and God the Holy One will show himself holy by his righteousness.
16 Mas Jehová de los ejércitos será ensalzado en juicio, y el Dios Santo será santificado con justicia.
17 Then the sheep will feed as in their own pasture, and in the ruins, lambs will graze as foreigners.
17 Y los corderos serán apacentados según su costumbre; y extraños comerán las gruesas desamparadas.
18 Woe to those who pull along iniquity with useless cords and who pull along sin as if it were with a cart rope.
18 ¡Ay de los que traen la iniquidad con cuerdas de vanidad, y el pecado como con coyundas de carreta,
19 Woe to those who say, “Let God hurry, let him act quickly, so we can see it happen; and let the plans of the Holy One of Israel come, so that we may know them.”
19 Los cuales dicen: Venga ya, apresúrese su obra, y veamos: acérquese, y venga el consejo del Santo de Israel, para que lo sepamos!
20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who represent darkness as light, and light as darkness; who represent bitter as sweet, and sweet as bitter!
20 ¡Ay de los que á lo malo dicen bueno, y á lo bueno malo; que hacen de la luz tinieblas, y de las tinieblas luz; que ponen lo amargo por dulce, y lo dulce por amargo!
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own understanding!
21 ¡Ay de los sabios en sus ojos, y de los que son prudentes delante de sí mismos!
22 Woe to those who are champions at drinking wine, and masters at mixing strong drinks;
22 ¡Ay de los que son valientes para beber vino, y hombres fuertes para mezclar bebida;
23 who acquit the wicked for payment, and deprive the innocent of his rights!
23 Los que dan por justo al impío por cohechos, y al justo quitan su justicia!
24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours stubble, and as the dry grass goes down in flame, so their root will rot, and their blossom will blow away like dust. This will happen because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts, and because they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
24 Por tanto, como la lengua del fuego consume las aristas, y la llama devora la paja, así será su raíz como pudrimiento, y su flor se desvanecerá como polvo: porque desecharon la ley de Jehová de los ejércitos, y abominaron la palabra del Santo de Israel.
25 Therefore the anger of Yahweh is kindled against his people. He has reached out with his hand against them and has punished them. The mountains tremble, and their corpses are like garbage in the streets. In all these things, his anger does not subside; instead, his hand is still stretched out.
25 Por esta causa se encendió el furor de Jehová contra su pueblo, y extendió contra él su mano, é hirióle; y se estremecieron los montes, y sus cadáveres fueron arrojados en medio de las calles. Con todo esto no ha cesado su furor, antes está su mano todavía extendida.
26 He will lift up a signal flag for far away nations and will whistle for those at the end of the earth. Look, they will come speedily and promptly.
26 Y alzará pendón á gentes de lejos, y silbará al [que está] en el cabo de la tierra; y he aquí que vendrá pronto y velozmente.
27 None tire or stumble among them; none slumbers or sleeps. Nor are their belts loose, or the thongs of their sandals broken.
27 No habrá entre ellos cansado, ni que vacile; ninguno se dormirá ni le tomará sueño; á ninguno se le desatará el cinto de los lomos, ni se le romperá la correa de sus zapatos.
28 Their arrows are sharp and all their bows are bent; their horses' hooves are like flint, and their chariot wheels like storms.
28 Sus saetas amoladas, y todos sus arcos entesados; las uñas de sus caballos parecerán como de pedernal, y las ruedas [de sus carros] como torbellino.
29 Their roaring will be like a lion; they will roar like young lions. They will growl and seize the prey and drag it away, with none to rescue.
29 Su bramido como de león; rugirá á manera de leoncillos, rechinará los dientes, y arrebatará la presa; la apañara, y nadie [se la] quitará.
30 On that day they will roar against the prey as the sea roars. If anyone looks over the land, he will see darkness and suffering; even the light will be made dark by the clouds.
30 Y bramará sobre él en aquel día como bramido de la mar: entonces mirará hacia la tierra, y he aquí tinieblas de tribulación, y en sus cielos se oscurecerá la luz.
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9; John 15:1; Jeremiah 2:21; Matthew 21:33
- 2 Jeremiah 2:21; Deuteronomy 32:32–33; Isaiah 1:2–4; 1 Corinthians 9:7; Mark 11:13
- 3 Micah 6:2–3; Jeremiah 2:4–5; Psalm 50:4–6; Romans 2:5; Psalm 51:4
- 4 Matthew 23:37; Micah 6:3–4; Jeremiah 2:5; Acts 7:51–60; Jeremiah 6:29–30
- 5 Luke 21:24; Lamentations 1:15; Isaiah 28:18; Revelation 11:2; Isaiah 28:3
- 6 Isaiah 7:23–25; Jeremiah 25:11; Isaiah 24:1–3; Isaiah 24:12; Deuteronomy 28:23–24
- 7 Psalm 80:8–11; Matthew 3:8–10; Jeremiah 12:10; James 5:4; Zechariah 7:9–14
- 8 Micah 2:2; Habakkuk 2:9–12; Jeremiah 22:13–17; Luke 12:16–24; 1 Kings 21:16–20
- 9 Matthew 23:38; Amos 5:11; Isaiah 22:14; Amos 3:7; Isaiah 6:11–12
- 10 Leviticus 26:26; Haggai 2:16; Haggai 1:6; Haggai 1:9–11; Leviticus 27:16
- 11 Proverbs 23:29–30; Romans 13:13; Proverbs 20:1; Isaiah 5:22; Ecclesiastes 10:16–17
- 12 Psalm 28:5; Job 21:11–14; Job 34:27; Amos 6:4–6; Jude 12
- 13 Hosea 4:6; Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 1:7; Romans 1:28
- 14 Luke 21:34; Habakkuk 2:5; Proverbs 30:16; Psalm 55:15; Matthew 7:13
- 15 Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:9; Jeremiah 5:4–5; 1 Peter 5:5; Isaiah 37:29
- 16 Psalm 46:10; 1 Chronicles 29:11; Isaiah 12:4; Ezekiel 36:23; Isaiah 29:23
- 17 Zephaniah 2:6; Zephaniah 2:14; Isaiah 7:25; Isaiah 10:16; Psalm 17:14
- 18 Jeremiah 23:14; Psalm 36:2; Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 23:10; Ezekiel 13:22
- 19 Ezekiel 12:22; Jeremiah 17:15; Isaiah 66:5; Jeremiah 23:36; 2 Peter 3:3–4
- 20 Proverbs 17:15; 2 Timothy 3:1–5; Luke 16:15; Malachi 2:17; Job 17:12
- 21 1 Corinthians 3:18–20; Proverbs 3:7; Romans 12:16; Proverbs 26:12; Proverbs 26:16
- 22 Isaiah 5:11; Habakkuk 2:15; Isaiah 28:7; Isaiah 56:12; Proverbs 23:19–20
- 23 Isaiah 10:2; Psalm 94:21; James 5:6; Proverbs 17:15; Proverbs 31:4–5
- 24 Isaiah 30:12; Job 18:16; Joel 2:5; Luke 3:17; Isaiah 47:14
- 25 Isaiah 10:4; Isaiah 9:21; Isaiah 9:17; 2 Kings 9:37; Daniel 9:16
- 26 Zechariah 10:8; Isaiah 7:18; Deuteronomy 28:49; Isaiah 18:3; Isaiah 11:12
- 27 Job 12:18; Joel 2:7–8; Job 12:21; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 45:5
- 28 Psalm 45:5; Ezekiel 21:9–11; Nahum 2:3–4; Jeremiah 5:16; Psalm 7:12–13
- 29 Isaiah 42:22; Micah 5:8; Zechariah 11:3; Isaiah 49:24–25; Jeremiah 49:19
- 30 Isaiah 8:22; Joel 2:10; Jeremiah 4:23–28; Revelation 16:10–11; Luke 21:25–26
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
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