Bible study online

Isaiah 5:10

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Isaiah 5:10

Verse 10 of 30

Scripture focus

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

Isaiah 5:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 5:10

Theological / Devotional

Ten acres. The Hebrew word for acre denotes specifically the land that could be plowed in one day by a yoke of oxen. A “bath” was 5.81 U.S. gal., or 22 liters (see Vol. I, p. 167). In other words, the ground would yield practically no return.

An homer. Ten ephahs (the same volume as 10 baths) made one homer; its yield was only one ephah. Instead of the land yielding an increase, the harvest would yield much less than the amount of seed sown. The picture presented is one of utter failure and ruin.

By SdaBc