Isaiah 5:1-7

Song of the Vineyard

1 I will sing about the one I love, a song about my loved one's vineyard: The one I love had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
2 He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones, and planted it with the finest vines. He built a tower in the middle of it and even hewed out a winepress there. He expected it to yield good grapes, but it yielded worthless grapes.
3 So now, residents of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between Me and My vineyard.
4 What more could I have done for My vineyard than I did? Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes, did it yield worthless grapes?
5 Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will remove its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.
6 I will make it a wasteland. It will not be pruned or weeded; thorns and briers will grow up. I will also give orders to the clouds that rain should not fall on it.
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men[a] of Judah, the plant He delighted in. He looked for justice but saw injustice, for righteousness, but heard cries of wretchedness.

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