What Could Have Been Done More?

Brother Neff’s Collections—February 10, 2015

December 27, 2025

Isaiah 5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

The first part of Isaiah 5 is about a vineyard which describes God’s unhappiness with Judah and Israel.  He planted the vineyard, yet it did not produce the fruit that it should have.  It produced “wild grapes.”  Rather than sweet or tasteful fruit, it put forth sour or poison grapes.  As a result God chastised His people.

In our text for today, the Lord asks the question concerning His vineyard, Israel and Judah: “What could have been done more?”  The fact that they did not produce good grapes was the result of their negligence and disobedience.  

What is it that God wants from His children today?  It is that we produce the kind of fruit that pleases Him.  In John 15:5, Jesus said that His followers were to bring forth “much fruit.”  He is the Vine, and we are the branches.  As branches we are to produce fruit for Him.  God has done all that is necessary for us to be fruitful.  

The question is, “What kind of fruit are we producing?”

Reflection—All our sap and safety is from Christ. The bud of a good desire, the blossom of a good resolution, and the fruit of a good action, all come from him. (Trapp)