⁷ For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
    is the house of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are his pleasant planting;
he expected justice,
    but saw bloodshed;
righteousness,
    but heard a cry!

¹¹ Ah, you who rise early in the morning
    in pursuit of strong drink,
who linger in the evening
    to be inflamed by wine,
¹² whose feasts consist of lyre and harp,
    tambourine and flute and wine,
but who do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
    or see the work of his hands!
¹³ Therefore my people go into exile without knowledge;
their nobles are dying of hunger,
    and their multitude is parched with thirst.

¹⁴ Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite
    and opened its mouth beyond measure;
the nobility of Jerusalem^[b] and her multitude go down,
    her throng and all who exult in her.
¹⁵ People are bowed down, everyone is brought low,
    and the eyes of the haughty are humbled.
¹⁶ But the Lord of hosts is exalted by justice,
    and the Holy God shows himself holy by righteousness.

⁷ And now, my child,^[b] listen to me,
    and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
⁸ Keep your way far from her,
    and do not go near the door of her house;
⁹ or you will give your honor to others,
    and your years to the merciless,
¹⁰ and strangers will take their fill of your wealth,
    and your labors will go to the house of an alien;
¹¹ and at the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are consumed,
¹² and you say, “Oh, how I hated discipline,
    and my heart despised reproof!
¹³ I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
    or incline my ear to my instructors.
¹⁴ Now I am at the point of utter ruin
    in the public assembly.”

¹⁵ Drink water from your own cistern,
    flowing water from your own well.