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SEPTEMBER 7
In vv. 13–19, Paul gives 6 disastrous consequences if there were no resurrection: 1) preaching
Christ would be senseless (v. 14); 2) faith in Christ would be useless (v. 14); 3) all the witnesses and
preachers of the resurrection would be liars (v.15);4) no one would be redeemed from sin (v.17);5)
all former believers would have perished (v. 18); and 6) Christians would be the most pitiable peo-
ple on earth (v. 19).

But there shall come up briers and
September 7 thorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”
Isaiah 5:1–6:13 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is
the house of Israel,
5 Now let me sing to my And the men of Judah are His pleasant
Well-beloved
A song of my Beloved regarding His plant.
vineyard: He looked for justice, but behold,
oppression;
My Well-beloved has a vineyard For righteousness, but behold, a cry
On a very fruitful hill. for help.
2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones,
8 Woe to those who join house to house;
And planted it with the choicest vine.
He built a tower in its midst, They add field to field,
And also made a winepress in it; Till there is no place
So He expected it to bring forth good Where they may dwell alone in the
grapes, midst of the land!
9 In my hearing the LORD of hosts said,
But it brought forth wild grapes.
“Truly, many houses shall be desolate,
Great and beautiful ones, without
inhabitant.
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield
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5:2 good grapes,…wild grapes. The owner one bath,
made every conceivable provision for the And a homer of seed shall yield one
vine’s productivity and protection, illustrating ephah.”
the Lord’s purely gracious choice of Israel.
11 Woe to those who rise early in the
Justifiably, He expected a good yield from His
investment, but the vine’s produce was “sour morning,
berries,”inedible and fit only for dumping. That they may follow intoxicating drink;
Who continue until night, till wine
inflames them!
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3 “And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem The harp and the strings,
and men of Judah, The tambourine and flute,
Judge, please, between Me and My And wine are in their feasts;
vineyard. But they do not regard the work
4 What more could have been done to of the LORD,
My vineyard Nor consider the operation of His
That I have not done in it? hands.
Why then, when I expected it to bring 13 Therefore my people have gone into
forth good grapes, captivity,
Did it bring forth wild grapes? Because they have no knowledge;
5 And now, please let Me tell you what I Their honorable men are famished,
will do to My vineyard: And their multitude dried up with
I will take away its hedge, and it shall thirst.
be burned; 14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged itself
And break down its wall, and it shall be And opened its mouth beyond
trampled down. measure;
I will lay it waste; Their glory and their multitude and
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It shall not be pruned or dug, their pomp,

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