Chapter 5 – FAMILIA MUNDIAL
1 [1] My friend had a vineyard: the Lord and his chosen people.
2 [7] Judgment . . . bloodshed . . . justice . . . outcry: in Hebrew, these adversative terms constitute a play on words.
3 [8-10] Land-grabbers who unjustly acquire property will be impoverished instead of enriched.
4 [10] Ten acres: a field requiring ten days of plowing by a yoke of oxen. Liquid measure: in Hebrew, a «bath,» i.e., about ten gallons. Homer: a dry measure of about ten bushels. Ephah: a dry measure of about one bushel.
5 [14] (14) Nether world: cf note on ⇒ Psalm 6:5.
6 [26-30] A description of the invading Assyrian army, God’s instrument for punishing his people.