Isaiah 5:2-4

English Standard Version

²He 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.

³And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
    and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
⁴^(C)What more was there to do for my vineyard,
    that I have not done in it?
^(D)When I looked for it to yield grapes,
    why did it yield wild grapes?

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Isaiah 5:2-4

New International Version

²He 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)

³“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.^(E)
⁴What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?^(F)
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?^(G)

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Isaiah 5:2-4

King James Version

²And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

³And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

⁴What 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?

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