Isaiah 5 Clementine Vulgate
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1 [Cantabo dilecto meo canticum patruelis mei vineæ suæ. Vinea facta est dilecto meo in cornu filio olei.
1 Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.
2 Et sepivit eam, et lapides elegit ex illa, et plantavit eam electam; et ædificavit turrim in medio ejus, et torcular exstruxit in ea; et exspectavit ut faceret uvas, et fecit labruscas.
2 He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
3 Nunc ergo, habitatores Jerusalem et viri Juda, judicate inter me et vineam meam.
3 “Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.
4 Quid est quod debui ultra facere vineæ meæ, et non feci ei? an quod exspectavi ut faceret uvas, et fecit labruscas?
4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes?
5 Et nunc ostendam vobis quid ego faciam vineæ meæ: auferam sepem ejus, et erit in direptionem; diruam maceriam ejus, et erit in conculcationem.
5 Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away its hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled down.
6 Et ponam eam desertam; non putabitur et non fodietur: et ascendent vepres et spinæ, et nubibus mandabo ne pluant super eam imbrem.
6 I 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.”
7 Vinea enim Domini exercituum domus Israël est; et vir Juda germen ejus delectabile: et exspectavi ut faceret judicium, et ecce iniquitas; et justitiam, et ecce clamor.]
7 For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression, for righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.
8 [Væ qui conjungitis domum ad domum, et agrum agro copulatis usque ad terminum loci ! Numquid habitabitis vos soli in medio terræ?
8 Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land!
9 In auribus meis sunt hæc, dicit Dominus exercituum; nisi domus multæ desertæ fuerint, grandes et pulchræ, absque habitatore.
9 In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
10 Decem enim jugera vinearum facient lagunculam unam, et triginta modii sementis facient modios tres.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.”
11 Væ qui consurgitis mane ad ebrietatem sectandam, et potandum usque ad vesperam, ut vino æstuetis !
11 Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink, who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!
12 Cithara, et lyra, et tympanum, et tibia, et vinum in conviviis vestris; et opus Domini non respicitis, nec opera manuum ejus consideratis.
12 The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; but they don’t respect the work of Yahweh, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
13 Propterea captivus ductus est populus meus, quia non habuit scientiam, et nobiles ejus interierunt fame, et multitudo ejus siti exaruit.
13 Therefore my people go into captivity for lack of knowledge. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.
14 Propterea dilatavit infernus animam suam, et aperuit os suum absque ullo termino; et descendent fortes ejus, et populus ejus, et sublimes gloriosique ejus, ad eum.
14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.
15 Et incurvabitur homo, et humiliabitur vir, et oculi sublimium deprimentur.
15 So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;
16 Et exaltabitur Dominus exercituum in judicio; et Deus sanctus sanctificabitur in justitia.
16 but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
17 Et pascentur agni juxta ordinem suum, et deserta in ubertatem versa advenæ comedent.]
17 Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
18 [Væ qui trahitis iniquitatem in funiculis vanitatis, et quasi vinculum plaustri peccatum !
18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,
19 qui dicitis: Festinet, et cito veniat opus ejus, ut videamus; et appropiet, et veniat consilium sancti Israël, et sciemus illud !
19 who say, “Let him make haste, let him hasten his work, that we may see it; let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!”
20 Væ qui dicitis malum bonum, et bonum malum; ponentes tenebras lucem, et lucem tenebras; ponentes amarum in dulce, et dulce in amarum !
20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Væ qui sapientes estis in oculis vestris, et coram vobismetipsis prudentes.
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
22 Væ qui potentes estis ad bibendum vinum, et viri fortes ad miscendam ebrietatem !
22 Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and champions at mixing strong drink;
23 qui justificatis impium pro muneribus, et justitiam justi aufertis ab eo !
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!
24 Propter hoc, sicut devorat stipulam lingua ignis, et calor flammæ exurit, sic radix eorum quasi favilla erit, et germen eorum ut pulvis ascendet; abjecerunt enim legem Domini exercituum, et eloquium sancti Israël blasphemaverunt.
24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Armies, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Ideo iratus est furor Domini in populum suum, et extendit manum suam super eum, et percussit eum: et conturbati sunt montes, et facta sunt morticina eorum quasi stercus in medio platearum. In his omnibus non est adversus furor ejus, sed adhuc manus ejus extenta.
25 Therefore Yahweh’s anger burns against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them and has struck them. The mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is still stretched out.
26 Et elevabit signum in nationibus procul, et sibilabit ad eum de finibus terræ: et ecce festinus velociter veniet.
26 He will lift up a banner to the nations from far away, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly.
27 Non est deficiens neque laborans in eo; non dormitabit, neque dormiet; neque solvetur cingulum renum ejus, nec rumpetur corrigia calceamenti ejus.
27 No one shall be weary nor stumble among them; no one shall slumber nor sleep, neither shall the belt of their waist be untied, nor the strap of their sandals be broken,
28 Sagittæ ejus acutæ, et omnes arcus ejus extenti. Ungulæ equorum ejus ut silex, et rotæ ejus quasi impetus tempestatis.
28 whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses’ hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.
29 Rugitus ejus ut leonis; rugiet ut catuli leonum: et frendet, et tenebit prædam, et amplexabitur, et non erit qui eruat.
29 Their roaring will be like a lioness. They will roar like young lions. Yes, they shall roar, and seize their prey and carry it off, and there will be no one to deliver.
30 Et sonabit super eum in die illa sicut sonitus maris: aspiciemus in terram, et ecce tenebræ tribulationis, et lux obtenebrata est in caligine ejus.]
30 They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
Cross references (30)
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- 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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