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| 2 Nephi 15
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| | 15:1 And then will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved, touching his vineyard.
My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill. |
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his
vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: -- Isaiah 5:1
| | 15:2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest
vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a wine-press therein; and he looked that it should bring forth
grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. |
And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with
the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a
winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it
brought forth wild grapes. -- Isaiah 5:2
| | 15:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt
me and my vineyard. |
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you,
betwixt me and my vineyard. -- Isaiah 5:3
| | 15:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore,
when I looked that it should bring forth grapes it brought forth wild grapes.
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What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it?
wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth
wild grapes? -- Isaiah 5:4
| | 15:5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard -- I will take away the
hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down;
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And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take
away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall
thereof, and it shall be trodden down: -- Isaiah 5:
| | 15:6 And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor digged; but there shall come up
briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
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And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there
shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they
rain no rain upon it. -- Isaiah 5:6
| | 15:7 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, and behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
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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
| | 15:8 Wo unto them that join house to house, till there can be no place, that they may be
placed alone in the midst of the earth! |
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till
there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! -- Isaiah 5:8
| | 15:9 In mine ears, said the Lord of Hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, and
great and fair cities without inhabitant. |
In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be
desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. -- Isaiah 5:9
| | 15:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield
an ephah. |
Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer
shall yield an ephah. -- Isaiah 5:10
| | 15:11 Wo unto them that
rise up early in the morning,
that they may follow strong drink,
that continue until
night, and wine inflame them! |
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow
strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! -- Isaiah 5:11
"Wo unto them that ... follow strong drink ... and wine inflame them!" The Mormon church interprets this
to be a condemnation of drinking alcohol.
| 15:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine are in their feasts; but they regard not
the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. |
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their
feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the
operation of his hands. -- Isaiah 5:12
| | 15:13 Therefore, my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge; and their honorable
men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. |
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no
knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried
up with thirst. -- Isaiah 5:13
| | 15:14 Therefore, hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure; and their glory, and
their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
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Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without
measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that
rejoiceth, shall descend into it. -- Isaiah 5:14
| | 15:15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the
lofty shall be humbled. |
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be
humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: -- Isaiah 5:15
| | 15:16 But the Lord of Hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in
righteousness. |
But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy
shall be sanctified in righteousness. -- Isaiah 5:16
| | 15:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers
eat. |
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the
fat ones shall strangers eat. -- Isaiah 5:17
| | 15:18 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
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Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were
with a cart rope: -- Isaiah 5:18
| | 15:19 That say: Let him make speed, hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy
One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it. |
That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may
know it! -- Isaiah 5:19
| | 15:20 Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness,
that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! |
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for
light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for
bitter! -- Isaiah 5:20
| | 15:21 Wo unto the wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight! |
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own
sight! -- Isaiah 5:21
| | 15:22 Wo unto the mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
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Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle
strong drink -- Isaiah 5:22
| | 15:23 Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
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Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of
the righteous from him!-- Isaiah 5:23
| | 15:24 Therefore, as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, their root shall be
rottenness, and their blossoms shall go up as dust; because they have cast away the law of the Lord of Hosts, and
despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. |
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the
chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up
as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and
despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. -- Isaiah 5:24
| | 15:25 Therefore, is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his
hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of
the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath
stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills
did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For
all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- Isaiah 5:25
| | 15:26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the
earth; and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly; none shall be weary nor stumble among them.
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And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of
the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: -- Isaiah 5:26
| | 15:27 None shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of
their shoes be broken; |
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep;
neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their
shoes be broken: -- Isaiah 5:27
| | 15:28 Whose arrows shall be sharp, and all their bows bent, and their horses' hoofs shall be counted like
flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind, their roaring like a lion. |
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall
be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: -- Isaiah 5:
| | 15:29 They shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry
away safe, and none shall deliver. |
Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea,
they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and
none shall deliver it. -- Isaiah 5:29
| | 15:30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring
of the sea; and if they look unto the land, behold, darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens
thereof. |
And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea:
and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is
darkened in the heavens thereof. -- Isaiah 5:30
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