 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.  The National Preacher - Page 1951829Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Richard Brudenell Exton - 1847 - 516 pages
...ode. The most striking metaphor in it is, that which is literally explained by the prophet Isaiah. The vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the House of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. Ver. 1 — 3. This fine invocation of the God of Israel, under... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1847 - 516 pages
...shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. Isaiah, V. 1. The rules that govern metaphors, and allegories,... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1847 - 606 pages
...hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it." &c. Isaiah v. 7 ; " The vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant." Also Jer. ii. 21 ; Ezek. xv. 2 ; Hosea x. 1 ; Matt. xxi. 33,... | |
 | Saint Augustine (of Hippo) - 1850 - 516 pages
...who has become ungrateful to her Planter and Cultivator, ungrateful to Him that watered her. If then the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, what said He in His anger ? / will command the clouds that they rain no more upon it. And so indeed... | |
 | Jr. Norris, Richard A., Richard Alfred Norris - 2003 - 356 pages
..."You have brought a vine out of Egypt" (Ps. 79:9 LXX - 80:8). So too in Isaiah the prophet we find, "The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel" (Isa. 5:7); and in Jeremiah God brings a reproach against the Hebrew nation: "I planted you as a true... | |
 | Arthur Just Jr., Thomas C. Oden - 2003 - 480 pages
...JEWS. AMBROSE: Very many derive various meanings from the word vineyard, but Isaiah clearly stated that the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel.1 Who else but God founded this vineyard? He leased it and set out to foreign places. The Lord,... | |
 | William Barclay - 2002 - 476 pages
...was familiar fact. The Jewish nation as the vineyard of God was a familiar prophetic picture. 'For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel' (Isaiah 5:7). The hedge was a thickset thorn hedge, designed to keep out both the wild boars which... | |
 | Ronald James Allen, Clark M. Williamson - 2004 - 296 pages
...this parable and surprised by its ending. The vineyard itself is a symbol of the people Israel: "For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people ofjudah are his pleasant planting," says Isa. 5:7, as he enters upon prophetic self-criticism... | |
 | James Atwell - 2004 - 268 pages
...neglect it, to break down the hedges and let in the wild beasts and the wilderness? The parable ends: For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his pleasant planting; he expected justice but saw bloodshed; righteousness,... | |
 | Bas M. van Iersel - 2005 - 564 pages
...too. Secondly, they understand the imagery of the parable from the start, for as it says in Isa. 5.7: 'The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his pleasant planting'. The story will be about things happening between God... | |
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