...found many imitators among his licentious nobles, if, even in the days of good Hezekiah, the Lord " looked for judgment, but behold oppression ; for righteousness, but behold a cry."* The cry was the same that was heard, and the oppression the same that was practised long afterwards...

...command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 7, For the vineyard of the Loitu of hosts it the (. xxvii. 11. 'When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women come, and set...

...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...oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry." The Jewish nation, generally speaking, were unfruitful—that is, unbelieving and disobedient. Many...

...hedged it — he had tended it, and now, when he came to look for grapes, it brought forth wild grapes. He looked for judgment, but behold! oppression ; for righteousness, but behold ! a cry. We have an illustration of this when he came into the temple and found those that sold and bought therein,...

...vineyard ? The Lord himself informs us in the chapter : " The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant...oppression ; for righteousness, but behold a cry." By that worthless and unfruitful vineyard then was represented the Jewish people. How favoured was...

...my people. — Hear this, 0 ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail. Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there is no place ; that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth ! What mean ye that heat my people...

...and often reminded of a thought that is expressed in the Bible. In Isaiah 5: 8 there are these words: Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, til there is no place where one may be alone In the midst of the earth. Here in this area of the proposed...

...your appointed feasts my soul hateth : — when ye make many prayers, I will not hear" : ch. 5 " — woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field — Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: — " (Micah 2:2 and...

...Songs: "And I will lay it [the vineyard] waste; . . . For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant...oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry." (5:6-7) Gardens The idol issue comes up again in Isaiah 1 :29-30: "For they shall be exposed to shame...

...also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant...behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. 8 11 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that...