====== Isaiah 5 ======

  * [[Isaiah]]

Another parable of the vineyard is in D&C 101:43-62. Verse 43 unlocks the purpose of the parable.  The tower is the temple.  The parable is referring to the Saints driven out of Missouri.

**Isaiah 5:2**

I like how, after claiming his territory (his goals), the first thing he did was remove the stones, taking out the things that would prevent growth of the fruit.

**Isaiah 5:4**

By all natural laws, the vineyard should have thrived.

**Isaiah 5:8**

The wicked are consolidating their power and resources, so that only a few may rule, "that they may be placed alone."

**Isaiah 5:10**

Their land will bring forth fruit in its season, also, socially, there are few spiritual.

**Isaiah 5:12**

We are flooded with entertainment in our day.

**Isaiah 5:12,13**

Even though they are eating and drinking a lot, they are hungry and thirsty, because they have no knowledge.

**Isaiah 5:18,19**

More social issues, they popularize sin.  They mock God and seek for signs.

There's a pattern in the scriptures: the Lord will follow the bad stuff with promises of good.

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  * [[Isaiah 4]]
  * [[Isaiah 6]]