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He dug it up, removed its stones,
    planted it with the choicest vines,
        built a watchtower in it,
            and made a winepress in it.
    Then he waited for it to produce good grapes,
        but it produced only sour, wild grapes.

Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard!
What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than what I have already done for it?
    When I waited for it to produce good grapes,
    why did it produce only sour, wild grapes?

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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)

“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.(E)
What 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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