Isaiah 5:7
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“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.”Isaiah 5:7
What Does Isaiah 5:7 Mean?
Isaiah 5:7 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 5, verse 7 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Justice, and Care for the Poor.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 5:7 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 4:10“And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.”Psalms 80:8“Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.”Ecclesiastes 4:1“So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.”Psalms 82:5“They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.”Isaiah 59:8“The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.”2 Samuel 7:10“Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,”Nehemiah 5:1“And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.”Jeremiah 12:10“Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.”Jeremiah 24:2“One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.”Ezekiel 22:29“The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.”Micah 6:12“For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.”Matthew 3:8“Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:”James 5:4“Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.”Exodus 3:7“And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;”Deuteronomy 15:9“Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.”Deuteronomy 24:15“At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.”Job 31:38“If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;”Job 34:28“So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.”Psalms 80:15“And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.”Psalms 147:11“The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.”
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