Isaiah 5:8-10 is the Scriptural basis for Rev. Geoff McKee’s sermon of 09 October 2016 (Harvest Thanksgiving). Geoff’s discussion includes ideas as to how Christians should respond to global warming and ecological injustice. The Old Testament passage from Isaiah follows immediately below and then Geoff’s sermon. You can also download the sermon as a PDF by clicking here.
Note that, in the following Scripture: a “bath” is about 6 gallons or about 22 litres; a “homer” is probably about 360 lb or about 160 kg; and an “ephah” is probably about 36 lb or about 16 kg.
Isaiah 5:8-10 (New International Version)
Woes and Judgments
8 Woe to you who add house to house
and join field to field
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.
9 The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing:“Surely the great houses will become desolate,
the fine mansions left without occupants.
10 A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath of wine;
a homer of seed will yield only an ephah of grain.”
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