¹¹ “Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin,
They have become for him altars for sinning.

¹¹ Though ^(A)Gilead has idols—
Surely they are ^[a]vanity—
Though they sacrifice bulls in ^(B)Gilgal,
Indeed their altars shall be heaps in the furrows of the field.

My Well-beloved has a vineyard
^[a]On a very fruitful hill.
² He dug it up and cleared out its stones,
And planted it with the choicest vine.
He built a tower in its midst,
And also ^[b]made a winepress in it;
^(B)So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
But it brought forth wild grapes.

³ “And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
^(C)Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.
⁴ What more could have been done to My vineyard
That I have not done in ^(D)it?
Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes,
Did it bring forth wild grapes?
⁵ And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard:
^(E)I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;
And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
⁶ I will lay it ^(F)waste;
It shall not be pruned or ^[c]dug,
But there shall come up briers and ^(G)thorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”

⁷ For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.
He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;
For righteousness, but behold, ^[d]a cry for help.