Isaiah 5:9

“In mine ears, [said] the Lord of hosts, &c.] This may be understood either of the ears of the Lord of hosts, into which came the cry of the sins of covetousness and ambition before mentioned; these were taken notice of by the Lord, and he was determined to punish them; or of the ears of the prophet, in whose hearing the Lord said what follows: so the Targum, “the prophet said, with mine ears I have heard, when this was decreed from before the Lord of hosts:” of a truth many houses shall be desolate; or “great” onesf97; such as the houses of the king, of the princes, and nobles, judges, counsellors, and great men of the earth; not only the house of God, the temple, but a multitude of houses…”

“In mine ears . . . the Lord--namely, has revealed it, as in Isa 22:14. desolate--literally, "a desolation," namely, on account of the national sins. great and fair--houses.”

“In mine ears - This probably refers to the prophet. As if he had said, ‘God has revealed it to me,’ or ‘God has said in my ears,’ i. e, to me. The Septuagint reads it, ‘These things are heard in the ears of the Lord of hosts,’ that is, the wishes” of the man of avarice. The Chaldee, ‘The prophet said, In my ears I have heard; a decree has gone from the Lord of hosts,’ etc. Many houses shall be desolate - Referring to the calamities that should come upon the nation for its crimes. return to 'Top of Page'”

“In mine ears - I heard God speak what I am about to utter. Isaiah 5:10”

“In mine ears, said: or, This is in mine ears, saith, etc. Isa 22:14; Amo 3:7 Of a truth: etc. Heb. If not many houses desolate, etc. desolate. Isa 5:6, Isa 27:10; Ch2 36:21; Amo 5:11, Amo 6:11; Mat 22:7, Mat 23:38 Isaiah 5:10”

“And the denunciation of punishment is made by him in very similar terms to those which we find here in Isa 5:9, Isa 5:10 : "Into mine ears Jehovah of hosts: Of a truth many houses shall become a wilderness, great and beautiful ones deserted. For ten yokes of vineyard will yield one pailful, and a quarter of seed-corn will produce a bushel." We may see from Isa 22:14 in what sense the prophet wrote the substantive clause, "Into mine ears," or more literally, "In mine ears is Jehovah Zebaoth," viz., He is here revealing Himself to me. In the pointing, בּאזני is written with tiphchah as a pausal form, to indicate to the reader that the boldness of the expression is to be softened down by the…”