Self-interpreting Bible

1 NOW ^awill I sing to my ^bwellbeloved a song of my beloved ^ctouching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard ¹in a very fruitful hill:

• a: De. 31:18 , De. 31:20 , Ju. 5:3 , Ps. 101:1 , Isaiah 12 , Isaiah 26
• b: Ca. 1:7 , Ca. 1:13 , Ca. 1:14 , Ca. 1:16 , Ca. 2:3 , Ca. 2:8 - 10 , Ca. 2:16 , Phi. 3:7 , Phi. 3:8 , 1Pe. 1:8 , 1Pe. 2:7 , Ps. 60:5
• c: Je. 2:21 , Mat. 21:33 , Mar. 12:1 , Lu. 20:9 , Is. 27:2 , Ps. 80:8 - 11 , Ca. 8:12
• 1: Heb. the horn of the son of oil. De. 8.7-9. , De. 8:7 - 9

2 ^dAnd he ²fenced 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 ³made a winepress therein: and he ^elooked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth ^fwild grapes.

• d: Je. 2:21 , Is. 3:4 - 6 , Is. 27:3 , Ps. 127:1 , Ps. 147:19 , Psalms 78 , Psalms 80 , Psalms 105 , Psalms 106 , Psalms 136 , Zec. 2:5 , Ro. 9:4 , Eze. 16:6 - 14 , Jos. 24:31 , Jos. 18:1
• 2: Or, made a wall about it.
• 3: Heb. hewed.
• e: Mat. 21:33 , Mat. 21:34 , 1Co. 9:7 , Ja. 5:7 , 1Pe. 3:20 , Lu. 13:7 , Lu. 13:8
• f: De. 32:6 , De. 32:15 - 21 , De. 32:32 , De. 32:33 , Is. 1:2 - 4 , Is. 1:21 - 23 , Is. 2:6 - 9 , Is. 5:7 - 23

3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, ^gjudge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

• g: Ju. 9:7 , 2Sa. 12:2 , 2Sa. 12:3 , 2Sa. 14:3 , 2Sa. 14:4 , Mat. 21:28 - 31 , Mat. 21:33 - 41 , Je. 2:5 , Mi. 6:3 , Ro. 3:4

4 ^hWhat 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?

• h: Je. 2:31 , Mat. 23:37 , Mat. 24:40 , Mat. 24:41 , 2Ch. 36:15 , 2Ch. 36:16 , Ro. 3:2 , Ro. 9:4

5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: ⁱI will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be ⁴trodden down:

• i: De. 32:22 - 27 , De. 28:15 - 68 , Le. 26:14 - 39 , Is. 2:10 - 21 , Is. 3:25 , Is. 3:26 , Ps. 78:59 - 64 , Ps. 79:1 - 4 , Ps. 80:12 , Ps. 80:13 , Ps. 80:16 , Ps. 74:1 - 10 , Ps. 81:12 , Ps. 106:41 , Mat. 21:41 , Pr. 24:31
• 4: Heb. for a treading.

6 ^jAnd 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.

• j: Le. 26:30 - 35 , Is. 6:11 , Is. 7:19 , Is. 7:23 , Ps. 69:22 - 25 , Lu. 21:20 - 25 , De. 28:51 , Mat. 23:38 , Da. 9:26 , Ac. 13:46 , Ac. 13:51 , He. 6:8 , Ro. 11:7 , Ro. 11:8 , Ro. 11:12 , Ro. 11:15 , Ro. 11:20 , Ro. 11:25 , Am. 8:11 , 1Th. 2:15

7 For ^kthe vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah ⁵his pleasant plant: and ^lhe looked for judgment, but behold ⁶oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

• k: Je. 2:21 , Ps. 80:8 - 11 , Is. 27:2 , Ca. 8:12 , Mat. 21:33 - 41
• 5: Heb. plant of his pleasures.
• l: De. 32:5 - 21 , Is. 5:2 , Ro. 2:4 , Ro. 2:5 , Ec. 3:16 , Ec. 4:1 , Is. 1:2 , Is. 1:21 , Is. 3:5 , Is. 3:14 , Is. 3:15 , Is. 59:7 - 15 , Is. 3:17 , Ex. 22:23 - 27 , Job 24:12 , Mat. 21:33 - 39 , Lu. 18:7
• 6: Heb. a scab.

8 ¶Woe unto them ^mthat join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that ⁷they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

• m: Hab. 2:9 , Hab. 2:12 , 1Ki. 21:16 - 24 , Mi. 2:2 , Mi. 2:9 , Pr. 30:14 , Pr. 30:15 , Ne. 5:1 - 5 , Mat. 23:14
• 7: Heb. ye.

9 ⁸In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, ⁹Of a truth many houses ⁿshall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

• 8: Or, This is in mine ears, saith the LORD. ch. 22.14. Am. 3.7. Job 4.16,17; 33.14-16. , Is. 22:14 , Am. 3:7 , Job 4:16 , Job 4:17 , Job 33:14 - 16
• 9: Heb. If not. Je. 44.26. Ps. 95.11. , Je. 44:26 , Ps. 95:11
• n: Is. 5:6 , Is. 27:10 , 2Ch. 36:21 , Je. 21:7 , Je. 21:8 , Mat. 23:38 , Mat. 22:7 , Am. 5:11 , Am. 6:9 , Am. 6:11

10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one ^obath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

• o: Eze. 45:11

11 ¶^pWoe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine ¹⁰inflame them!

• p: Pr. 23:29 , Pr. 23:30 , Is. 28:1 , Is. 28:3 , Is. 22:13 , Ec. 10:16 , Ec. 10:17 , 1Th. 5:7 , Is. 5:22 , Ho. 7:5 , Ho. 7:6 , Hab. 2:15 , Ga. 5:21 , 1Co. 6:10
• 10: Or, pursue them.

12 ^qAnd the harp, and the ^*viol, the ^*tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they ^rregard not the work of the LORD, neither consider ^sthe operation of his hands.

• q: Am. 6:5 - 11 , Eze. 21:10 , Is. 22:13 , Job 21:11 - 13
• *: viol-lyre, stringed instrument. , tabret-small drum.
• r: Ps. 28:5 , Ps. 92:5 , Ps. 92:6 , Ps. 33:4 , Ps. 92:5 , Ps. 92:6 , Ps. 111:2 , Ps. 111:6 , Ps. 111:7 , Job 34:27 , Ho. 4:11 , Is. 6:10 , He. 3:1
• s: Ps. 143:5

13 ¶Therefore my people ^tare gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and ¹¹their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

• t: Is. 1:7 , Is. 27:11 , Is. 42:22 , Is. 42:25 , 2Ch. 28:5 - 8 , 2Ki. 17:7 - 23 , Ho. 4:1 , Ho. 4:6 , Lu. 19:44 , Je. 8:7 , Is. 5:5 , Is. 5:6
• 11: Heb. their glory are men of famine. Je. 11.22. La. 2.19. 2Ki. 25.3. , Je. 11:22 , La. 2:19 , 2Ki. 25:3

14 ^uTherefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that ¹²rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

• u: Is. 5:12 , Is. 14:9 , Is. 16:14 , Is. 3:18 - 23 , Eze. 32:18 - 30 , 3:14 , Mat. 7:14 , Pr. 1:12 , Pr. 30:16
• 12: Or, revelleth.

15 And ^vthe mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

• v: Is. 2:9 , Is. 2:11 , Is. 2:17 , Is. 9:14 , Is. 9:15 , Is. 40:6 , Je. 5:1 - 6 , Ps. 62:9 , 1Co. 1:27 , 1Co. 1:29 , Lu. 1:51 , Lu. 1:52 , Mat. 11:25

16 But the LORD of hosts ^wshall be exalted in judgment, and ¹³God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

• w: Is. 2:11 , Is. 2:17 , Je. 22:3 , Ps. 9:16 , Ps. 9:17 , Ps. 99:4 , Nu. 20:13 , Eze. 20:41 , Eze. 28:22 , Eze. 28:25 , Eze. 36:23 , Eze. 38:16 , Eze. 38:23 , Eze. 39:27 , Re. 16:5 - 7 , Le. 10:3 , De. 29:24 , De. 29:25
• 13: Heb. the God the holy.

17 Then ^xshall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the ^yfat ones shall ^zstrangers eat.

• x: Is. 17:2 , Is. 32:14 , Zep. 2:6 , Zep. 2:14 , Is. 40:11 , Is. 63:11 , Is. 65:10 , Ps. 80:1 , Ps. 100:3 , Ps. 23:1 - 3 , Eze. 34:31
• y: Am. 4:1 , Is. 10:16 , De. 32:15 , Ps. 17:10 , Ps. 17:14 , Ps. 119:70 , Ja. 2:5 , Ja. 2:6 , 1Co. 1:26 , Jn. 10:16 , Ep. 2:19 , Ep. 3:6 , Mat. 8:11 , Mat. 21:10 , Lu. 1:53
• z: Ps. 109:11

18 ^aWoe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

• a: Pr. 4:16 , Mi. 7:3 , Mi. 2:1 , Ex. 32:22 , Job 4:8 , Lu. 15:13 , Je. 4:22 , Je. 9:3 , 2Ti. 3:13

19 That say, ^bLet 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!

• b: Eze. 12:22 , Eze. 12:27 , Je. 5:12 , Je. 17:15 , Am. 5:18 , 2Pe. 3:3 , 2Pe. 3:4 , Is. 66:5 , De. 29:17 - 19

20 ¶Woe unto them ¹⁴that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

• 14: Heb. that say concerning evil, It is good. Pr. 17.15. Mal. 3.15. Ro. 1.21-31; 3.10-18. 1Ti. 6.5. 2Ti. 3.2-5. Tit. 3.3. Ps. 10.3. Mat. 6.23. 1Co. 1.18-23. , Pr. 17:15 , Mal. 3:15 , Ro. 1:21 - 31 , Ro. 3:10 - 18 , 1Ti. 6:5 , 2Ti. 3:2 - 5 , Tit. 3:3 , Ps. 10:3 , Mat. 6:23 , 1Co. 1:18 - 23

21 Woe unto them that are ^cwise in their own eyes, and prudent ¹⁵in their own sight!

• c: Pr. 3:7 , Pr. 26:12 , Ro. 12:16 , Ro. 11:25 , 1Co. 3:18 , Is. 28:15 , Is. 30:12 , Je. 8:8 , Je. 8:9 , Je. 9:23 , Je. 18:18 , Mat. 11:25 , Jn. 9:39 , Lu. 7:30
• 15: Heb. before their face.

22 ^dWoe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

• d: Is. 5:11 , Is. 28:1 , Is. 28:3 , Is. 22:13 , Hab. 2:15 , Pr. 23:29 , Pr. 23:30 , Pr. 31:4 , Pr. 31:5 , 1Co. 6:9 , 1Co. 6:10 , Mat. 24:48 , Mat. 24:49

23 ^eWhich justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

• e: Pr. 17:15 , Pr. 24:24 , Ex. 23:6 - 8 , 1Ki. 21:13 , Ps. 94:21 , Is. 1:23 , Eze. 22:12 , Je. 22:3 - 13

24 Therefore as ¹⁶the fire devoureth the stubble, and ^fthe flame consumeth the chaff, so ^gtheir root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast ^haway the law of the LORD of hosts, and ⁱdespised the word of ^jthe Holy One of Israel.

• 16: Heb. the tongue of fire.
• f: Mat. 3:12
• g: Ex. 15:7 , Job 18:16 , Pr. 12:3 , Pr. 14:30 , Is. 9:14 , Is. 9:17 , Am. 2:9 , Ho. 9:16 , He. 6:8
• h: Ps. 50:17 , Ne. 9:26 , 2Ki. 17:14 , 2Ki. 17:15 , He. 10:26 - 29 , Ac. 13:46
• i: Is. 1:4
• j: Is. 12:6

25 ^kTherefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and ^lthe hills did tremble, and their carcases were ¹⁷torn in the midst of the streets. For ^mall this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

• k: De. 31:16 , De. 31:17 , De. 32:19 - 22 , Ps. 78:58 - 64 , Ps. 106:39 - 42 , 2Ki. 13:3 , 2Ki. 22:13 , 2Ki. 22:17 , 2Ch. 36:16 , 1Th. 2:16
• l: Na. 1:5 , Hab. 3:6 , Hab. 3:10 , Ps. 18:7 , Ps. 68:8 , Ps. 77:18 , Je. 4:24 , Mi. 1:4
• 17: Or, as dung. v.29. Je. 15.3. 1Ki. 14.11; 16.4; 21.24. , Is. 5:29 , Je. 15:3 , 1Ki. 14:11 , 1Ki. 16:4 , 1Ki. 21:24
• m: Le. 26:14 , Is. 9:12 , Is. 9:17 , Is. 9:21 , Is. 10:4 , Je. 4:24

26 ¶And ⁿhe 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:

• n: Is. 18:3 , Is. 13:2 , Is. 30:17 , Is. 7:18 , Is. 39:3 , Is. 11:12 , Je. 51:27 , Je. 5:15 , Na. 3:1 , De. 28:49 , Eze. 7:24 , Da. 9:26
• *: ensign-flag, banner, esp. a military one.

27 ^oNone shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the ^pgirdle of their loins be loosed, nor the ^*latchet of their shoes be broken:

• o: 2:3 - 11
• p: 1Ki. 2:5 , 1Ki. 20:11 , Job 38:3 , Is. 45:1 , Is. 45:5 , Da. 5:6
• *: latchet-strap, lace.

28 ^qWhose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

• q: Je. 5:16 , Je. 47:3 , Eze. 21:9 - 11 , Na. 3:3 - 5

29 ^rTheir 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.

• r: De. 28:49 , Je. 2:15 , Je. 49:19 , Je. 50:17 , Je. 4:7 , Je. 4:16 , Je. 4:19 , Je. 4:20 , Je. 6:23 , Na. 2:11 , Na. 2:12 , Da. 7:7 , Da. 7:19

30 And ^sin that day they shall roar against them ^tlike the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, ^ubehold darkness and ¹⁸sorrow, and ¹⁹the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

• s: Is. 2:11
• t: Ps. 93:3 , Ps. 18:4 , Je. 6:23 , Je. 46:8 , Am. 9:5
• u: Is. 8:22 , Is. 13:10 , Is. 34:4 , Je. 4:23 , Eze. 32:7 , Eze. 32:8 , Eze. 5:12 - 17 , Eze. 7:14 , Eze. 7:15 , 2:10 , Am. 8:9 , Mat. 24:29 , Re. 6:12 , Re. 6:13 , Re. 16:10 , Ps. 69:23 - 26 , Ps. 109:5 - 20 , Le. 26:36 - 39 , De. 32:22 - 26
• 18: Or, distress.
• 19: Or, when it is light, it shall be dark in the destructions thereof.