Isaia 5:9

Romanian Cornilescu Translation

Iată ce mi -a descoperit Domnul oştirilor: ,,Hotărît, aceste case multe vor fi pustiite, aceste case mari şi frumoase nu vor mai fi locuite.

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In mine ears, said: or, This is in mine ears, saith, etc. Isaiah 22:14, Amos 3:7

Of a truth: etc. Heb. If not many houses desolate, etc. desolate. Isaiah 5:6, Isaiah 27:10, 2 Chronicles 36:21, Amos 5:11, Amos 6:11, Matthew 22:7, Matthew 23:38

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:32 - And I Deuteronomy 28:30 - build 2 Kings 19:17 - Of a truth Job 18:19 - nor any Isaiah 1:7 - country Isaiah 28:14 - ye Isaiah 32:14 - the palaces Isaiah 57:17 - the iniquity Jeremiah 2:15 - his cities Jeremiah 4:7 - to Jeremiah 4:26 - the fruitful Jeremiah 22:14 - I will Jeremiah 39:8 - burned Ezekiel 9:5 - hearing Amos 3:15 - the great Zephaniah 1:13 - build

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In mine ears, [said] the Lord of hosts,.... This may be understood either of the ears of the Lord of hosts, into which came the cry of the sins of covetousness and ambition before mentioned; these were taken notice of by the Lord, and he was determined to punish them; or of the ears of the prophet, in whose hearing the Lord said what follows: so the Targum,

"the prophet said, with mine ears I have heard, when this was decreed from before the Lord of hosts:''

of a truth many houses shall be desolate; or "great" ones z; such as the houses of the king, of the princes, and nobles, judges, counsellors, and great men of the earth; not only the house of God, the temple, but a multitude of houses in Jerusalem and elsewhere; which was true not only at the taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, but at the destruction of it by the Romans, to which this prophecy belongs,

Matthew 23:38 the words are a strong asseveration, and in the form of an oath, as Jarchi and Kimchi observe; אם לא, "if not"; if many houses are not left desolate, let it be so or so, I swear they shall:

[even] great and fair, without inhabitants: houses of large and beautiful building shall be laid in such a ruinous condition, that they will not be fit for any to dwell in, nor shall any dwell in them: and this is the judgment upon them for joining house to house; that for laying field to field follows.

z בתים רבים "domus magnificae, sive sumptuosae", Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In mine ears - This probably refers to the prophet. As if he had said, ‘God has revealed it to me,’ or ‘God has said in my ears,’ i. e, to me. The Septuagint reads it, ‘These things are heard in the ears of the Lord of hosts,’ that is, the wishes” of the man of avarice. The Chaldee, ‘The prophet said, In my ears I have heard; a decree has gone from the Lord of hosts,’ etc.

Many houses shall be desolate - Referring to the calamities that should come upon the nation for its crimes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 5:9. In mine ears. - "To mine ear"] The sentence in the Hebrew text seems to be imperfect in this place; as likewise in Isaiah 22:14, where the very same sense seems to be required as here. See the note there; and compare 1 Samuel 9:15. In this place the Septuagint supply the word ηκουσθη, and the Syriac אשתמע eshtama, auditus est JEHOVAH in auribus meis, i.e., נגלה niglah, as in Isaiah 22:14.

Many houses — This has reference to what was said in the preceding verse: "In vain are ye so intent upon joining house to house, and field to field; your houses shall be left uninhabited, and your fields shall become desolate and barren; so that a vineyard of ten acres shall produce but one bath (not eight gallons) of wine, and the husbandman shall reap but a tenth part of the seed which he has sown." Kimchi says this means such an extent of vineyard as would require ten yoke of oxen to plough in one day.