Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 5:7

"For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry." — Isaiah 5:7 (ASV)

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts. — The words remind us of Nathan’s Thou art the man, to David (2 Samuel 12:7), and of our Lord’s words in Matthew 21:42-43.

Behold oppression. — The Hebrew word carries with it the idea of bloodshed, and points to the crimes mentioned in Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 4:4. The cry is that of the victims who appeal to Jehovah when they find no help in man (Genesis 4:10; Deuteronomy 24:15; James 5:4).