Isaiah 5:1-7
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- III.XVII.3, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- Chapter XIII, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)
- IV.12, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- III.23, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 209)
- IV.27, IV.29, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- rom the Geneva Notes.
- He makes them judges in their own cause, for as much as it was evident that they were the cause of their own ruin."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "The care of the Lord over the church of Israel, is described by the management of a vineyard."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "He gathered - He removed all hindrances, and gave them all the means of fruitfulness."
- On God's Vineyard
(Is 5:4). Sermon by John Wesley.
- "O ye that have riches in possession, once more hear the word of the Lord! Ye that are rich in this world, that have food to eat, and raiment to put on, and something over, are you clear of the curse of loving the world?"
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "The play upon words is striking in the Hebrew, He looked for mishpat, but behold mispat ("bloodshed"); for tsedaqua, but behold tseaqua (the cry that attends anarchy, covetousness, and dissipation, Isa 5:8,11,12; compare the cry of the rabble by which justice was overborne in the case of Jesus Christ, Mt 27:23,24)."
- "Holy
Song from Happy Saints; Isaiah 5:1," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1915.
- "An ordinary believer might suffice to sing, but he counts it no stoop for a prophet, and no waste of his important time, to occupy himself with song."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Isaiah 5:1-7, Mark S. Gignilliat, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- "The vineyard of Christ's church produces fruit only when the church is in complete dependence on the vine."
-
Commentary,
Pentecost 12C, Isaiah 5:1-7, J. Clinton McCann, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- "We can do better. We should do better. God expects us to do better. But tragically, instead of justice, God sees violence; and instead of righteousness, God hears the cries of victims."
- Isaiah 5:1-7, Pentecost 12C, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
-
Isaiah 5:1-7,
The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "Even the rebellious, unjust, and unrighteous acts of his people, ?stinking things? in the Lord?s perception of things, will not in the long run daunt what the Lord seeks for his people."
- "The Parable of the Vineyard," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
-
"Calling Upon
God When Times Are Bad," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
- "How do you take God seriously? When have you called upon the Lord in need? What happened?"
- "Commentary
on Isaiah 5:1-7: 11th Sunday After Pentecost (Year C)," Dennis
Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
- "Yet, frequently in Scripture all of that is expressed not just in terms of specific laws or regulations or rituals, but simply summarized by the terms righteousness and justice. In other words, the expectation of God from these people whom he had created and "planted" in the land was that they should be righteous and practice justice."
-
"Sing Me a Sad
Song," Expository Essay,
Isaiah 5:1-7, Dr. William R. Long.
Part 2.
- "God's care and judgment are real, and we fool ourselves if we think that our actions carry no repercussions. But God's care is also permanent, and we fool ourselves if we think that it can be cut off as quickly and easily as people cut off each other in life."
-
Commentary,
Isaiah 5:1-7, James K. Mead, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "The exile did not mean Israel lost its elect status; it did mean that for several generations the people lost the blessings of that election. I cannot help but think how the North American church has lost what it means to live into the gracious expectations God has for us, to continue to bear fruit for the kingdom."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Isaiah 5:1-7, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series A, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
-
"The
Salvation of Growth," commentary by Delores S. Williams from The
Christian Century, 1990. At Religion Online.
- "It is important for our children to see us and to help us be involved in tending the soil beyond our own little vineyards -- to see and help us work in the larger society to make a better and more just world for all people. This kind of involvement introduces our children to goals not inspired by the greed of our capitalist culture gone wrong."
- Commentary,
Isaiah 5:1-7, Mark S. Gignilliat, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011.
- Articles & Background:
- Weren, W.J.C., "The
Use of Isaiah 5,1-7 in the Parable of the Tenants (Mark 12,1-12; Matthew 21,33-46),"
Biblica Vol. 79(1998) 1-26. Abstract
- "...the publication of 4Q500 has filled up a gap in our knowledge of the interpretation history of Isa 5,1-7."
- Weren, W.J.C., "The
Use of Isaiah 5,1-7 in the Parable of the Tenants (Mark 12,1-12; Matthew 21,33-46),"
Biblica Vol. 79(1998) 1-26. Abstract
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Bach, Alice,
"Eating Their Words," Semeia, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Carroll, Robert P.,
"YHWH's Sour Grapes: Images of Food and Drink in the Prophetic Discourses of
the Hebrew Bible," Semeia, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cate, Robert L.,
"We Need to Be Saved (Isaiah 1:1-2; 5:1-2; 6:1-13)," Review &
Expositor, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Chaney, Marvin L.,
"Whose Sour Grapes? The Addressees of Isaiah 5:1-7 in the Light of Political
Economy," Semeia, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Evans, Craig A.,
"How Septuagintal Is Isa. 5:1-7 in Mark 12:1-9?" Novum Testamentum,
2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kloppenborg, John S.,
"Isa 5:1-7 LXX and Mark 12:1, 9, Again," Novum Testamentum,
2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Korpel, Marjo C.A., "Structural
Analysis as a Tool for Redaction Criticism: The Example of Isaiah 5 and
10:1-6," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Matthews, Victor H.,
"Treading the Winepress: Actual and Metaphorical Viticulture in the Ancient
Near East," Semeia, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sheppard, Gerald T., "More on Isaiah 5:1-7 as a
Juridical Parable," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1982.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Smoak, Jeremy D., "Building Houses
and Planting Vineyards: The Early Inner-Biblical Discourse on an Ancient
Israelite Wartime Curse," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Verbin, John S. Kloppenborg, "Egyptian Viticultural
Practices and the Citation of Isaiah 5:1-7 in Mark 12:1-9," Novum
Testamentum, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wilhelm, Dawn Ottoni, "Of Grapes and other Wild
Things, Isaiah 5:1-10," Brethren Life and Thought, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Williams, Delores S., "The Salvation
of Growth," The Christian Century, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Williams, Gary R., "Frustrated Expectations in
Isaiah 5:1-7: A Literary Interpretation," Vetus Testamentum,
1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Willis, John T., "The Genre of Isaiah 5:1-7,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 1977.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Yee, Gale A., "A Form-Critical Study of Isaiah 5:1-7
as a Song and a Juridical Parable," Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
1981.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Bach, Alice,
"Eating Their Words," Semeia, 1999.
- Sermons:
- "Isaiah's Song of the Vineyard," Rev. Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson, Dim Lamp, 2010.
- "A Love Song for the Vineyard," to the tune of "Home on the Range." Frederick J. Gaiser, 2002.
- "Love Songs," John Jewell, 1998.
- Reviews:
- With Children:
- "I Will Sing a Song about My Friend's Vineyard," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Isaiah 5:4, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Hymns and Music:
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- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Isaiah
