Isaiah 5:1-7 - The Song Of The Vineyard

¹ I will sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: "The one I love had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. ² He plowed its land and cleared it of stones. Then he planted it with the choicest vines, built a watchtower in the middle of it, and dug a wine vat in it; He expected it to produce good grapes, but it produced only wild ones."

³ "So now, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, won't you please, between me and my vineyard. ⁴ What more could I do in my vineyard, that I haven't already done? When I expected it to produce good grapes, why did it yield wild ones? ⁵ "Now, let me tell you, won't you please, what I'm going to do to my vineyard. "I'm going to take away its protective hedge, and it will be devoured; I'll break down its wall, and it will be trampled. ⁶ I'll make it a wasteland, and it won't be pruned or cultivated. Instead, briers and thorns will grow up. I'll also issue commands to the clouds, that they drop no rain upon it." ⁷ For the vineyard of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden in which he delights. He looked for justice, but saw only bloodshed; he searched for righteousness, but heard only an outcry!