What does Isaiah 5:5 mean?
Isaiah's song takes an unexpected turn for those who have not yet realized what the song is about. He has described the worthless grapes yielded by his beloved's vineyard (Isaiah 5:2). He has gone as far as to ask those listening if there was anything more he could have done (Isaiah 5:4). Now the farmer will declare his intentions: to leave the vineyard to be utterly destroyed.The farmer declares that he will remove the protective hedge which keeps animals out. Since there is already a wall, this hedge may refer to thorns that have grown up and on top of the wall. Once the hedge is gone, the farmer will also tear down the wall, leaving the vineyard exposed. Large and small animals will then come and eat and trample the vines. They will destroy the vineyard and its ability to continue making useless grapes.