Isaiah 5:2

"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."

Key Reflection

In these verses, Isaiah uses the metaphor of a vineyard to describe God's relationship with Israel. The "very fruitful hill" symbolizes the chosen people’s land rich in spiritual potential, and the song serves as a poetic expression of God’s love and care for his vineyard, despite its current state of neglect and wild growth.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And he fenced it -Margin, ‘Made a wall about it.’ The word used here is supposed rather to mean “to dig about, to grub,” as with a pick-axe or spade. - “Gesenius.” It has this signification in Arabic, and in one place in the Jewish Talmud. - “Kimchi.” The Vulgate and the Septuagint understands it of making a hedge or fence, probably the first work in preparing a vineyard. And as ‘a hedge’ is expressly mentioned inIsaiah 5:5, it seems most probable that that is its meaning here. And gathered out the stones ... -That it might be easily cultivated. This was, of course, a necessary and proper work.

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