Isaiah 5:1-7

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.

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“And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
^(D)Judge between Me and My vineyard.

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“^(E)What more was there to do for My vineyard ^(e)that I have not done in it?
Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce ^(f)worthless ones?

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“So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:
I will ^(F)remove its hedge and it will be consumed;
I will ^(G)break down its wall and it will become ^(H)trampled ground.

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“I will ^(I)lay it waste;
It will not be pruned or hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also charge the clouds to ^(J)rain no rain on it.”

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For the ^(K)vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel
And the men of Judah His delightful plant.
Thus He looked for justice, but behold, ^(L)bloodshed;
For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

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]

e. Isaiah 5:4: ['Lit ', and I have not done]

f. Isaiah 5:4: ['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

D. Isaiah 5:3: Matthew 21:40

E. Isaiah 5:4: Jeremiah 2:5; Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 7:26; Micah 6:3; Matthew 23:37

F. Isaiah 5:5: Psalm 89:40

G. Isaiah 5:5: Psalm 80:12

H. Isaiah 5:5: Isaiah 10:6; Isaiah 28:18; Lamentations 1:15; Luke 21:24; Revelation 11:2

I. Isaiah 5:6: Isaiah 7:19-25; Isaiah 24:1; Isaiah 24:3; Jeremiah 25:11

J. Isaiah 5:6: Jeremiah 14:1-22

K. Isaiah 5:7: Psalm 80:8-11

L. Isaiah 5:7: Isaiah 3:14; Isaiah 3:15; Isaiah 30:12; Isaiah 59:13