Isaiah 5:1-2

Parable of the Vineyard

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Let me sing now for my well-beloved
A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard.
My well-beloved had a ^(A)vineyard on ^(a)a fertile hill.

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He dug it all around, removed its stones,
And planted it with ^(b)the ^(B)choicest vine.
And He built a tower in the middle of it
And also hewed out a ^(c)wine vat in it;
Then He ^(C)expected it to produce good grapes,
But it produced only ^(d)worthless ones.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 5:1: ['Lit ', a horn, the son of fatness]

b. Isaiah 5:2: ['Lit ', a bright red grape]

c. Isaiah 5:2: ['Or ', wine press]

d. Isaiah 5:2: ['Or ', wild grapes]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 5:1: Psalm 80:8; Jeremiah 12:10; Matthew 21:33; Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9

B. Isaiah 5:2: Jeremiah 2:21

C. Isaiah 5:2: Matthew 21:19; Mark 11:13; Luke 13:6