Isaiah 5:1-3

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Parable of the Vineyard

5 Now let me sing for my greatly Beloved [Lord]
A song of my Beloved about His vineyard (His chosen people).
My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile slope (the promised land, Canaan).^(A)
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He dug it all around and cleared away its stones,
And planted it with ^[a]the choicest vine (the people of Judah).
And He built a tower in the center of it;
And also hewed out a ^[b]wine vat in it.
Then He expected it to produce [the choicest] grapes,
But it produced only worthless ones.

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“And now, says the Lord, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
Judge between Me and My vineyard (My people).

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Footnotes

Isaiah 5:2 Lit a bright red grape.
Isaiah 5:2 This was the lower of two hollowed-out reservoirs made in the soft rock, one above the other, connected by a channel that allowed the juice pressed out in the upper reservoir to flow to the lower.