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- Isa 5:2: Tower. Compare the tower and watchmen placed in the tower in D&C 101:45ff. Cross reference "the sower" parable Matt 13 and Alma 28:1.
- Isa 5:19: Hasten his work. Isaiah seems to consistently portray those that wait upon the Lord as righteous and those that try to tell God to hasten his work as unrighteous (see discussion at Isa 28:4.
- Isa 5:25: Hand is stretch out still. Despite the strong imagery of the Savior's outstretched arms, this verse makes it clear that the Lord does not intend to comfort his people by stretching forth his hand. On the contrary, his plan is to utterly destroy Israel, his vineyard (see 2 Nephi 15:5-6). This phrase from Isaiah 5:25 is used four more times in 2 Nephi (19:12, 17, 21 and 20:4). The New Living Translation translates it as: "His fist is still poised to strike." The first sign of reprieve for the righteous occurs in 2 Nephi 20:24-25 when the Lord's anger is finally turned against the Assyrian army. This comment probably needs to be moved to Isaiah and given Isaiah references in place of 2 Ne.
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- Isa 5:8. What does it mean in verse 8 "wo unto them that join house to house"?
- Isa 5:8. Why are woes pronounced upon these people that join house to house and field to field, what is wrong about what they're doing?
- Isa 5:26. We regard the "ensign" as the Gospel. If that is true, is this army that is summoned to battle, the Lord's army [i.e. the missionaries]? If so, then why is the land and heavens darkened?
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