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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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He dug it all around, cleared it of stones,
And planted it with [a]the (A)choicest vine.
And He built a tower in the middle of it,
And also carved out a [b]wine vat in it;
Then He (B)expected it to produce good grapes,
But it produced only [c]worthless ones.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:2 Lit a bright red grape
  2. Isaiah 5:2 Or wine press
  3. Isaiah 5:2 Or unripe

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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And 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.

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He dug it and cleared it of stones,
    and planted it with choice vines;
he built a watch-tower in the midst of it,
    and hewed out a wine vat in it;
he expected it to yield grapes,
    but it yielded wild grapes.

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