The Vineyard of the Lord Destroyed

Let me sing for my beloved
    my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had (A)a vineyard
    on a very fertile hill.

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The Song of the Vineyard

I will sing for the one I love
    a song about his vineyard:(A)
My loved one had a vineyard
    on a fertile hillside.

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He dug it and cleared it of stones,
    and planted it with (A)choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
    and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and (B)he looked for it to yield grapes,
    but it yielded wild grapes.

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He dug it up and cleared it of stones
    and planted it with the choicest vines.(A)
He built a watchtower(B) in it
    and cut out a winepress(C) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
    but it yielded only bad fruit.(D)

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And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
    and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.

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“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.(A)

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(A)For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
    is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
    are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
    but behold, bloodshed;[a]
for righteousness,
    but behold, an outcry![b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike
  2. Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike

The vineyard(A) of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,(B) but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness,(C) but heard cries of distress.(D)

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