This is in mine [a]ears, saith the Lord of hosts. Surely many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair without inhabitant.

10 For ten acres of vines shall yield one [b]bath, and the seed of an [c]homer shall yield an [d]ephah.

11 ¶ Woe unto them, that [e]rise up early to follow drunkenness, and to them that continue until [f]night, till the wine do inflame them,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:9 I have heard the complaint and cry of the poor.
  2. Isaiah 5:10 Which containeth about ten pottels: so that every acre should but yield one pottel.
  3. Isaiah 5:10 Which containeth an hundred pottels.
  4. Isaiah 5:10 An Ephah containeth ten pottels and is in dry things as much as Bath is in liquors.
  5. Isaiah 5:11 That spare no pain nor diligence to follow their lusts.
  6. Isaiah 5:11 Which are never weary of their rioting and excessive pleasures, but use all means to provoke to the same.

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