Isaiah 5:1-3

New International Reader's Version

5 I will sing a song for the Lord.
    He is the one I love.
    It’s a song about his vineyard Israel.
The one I love had a vineyard.
    It was on a hillside that had rich soil.
² He dug up the soil and removed its stones.
    He planted the very best vines in it.
He built a lookout tower there.
    He also cut out a winepress for it.
Then he kept looking for a crop of good grapes.
    But the vineyard produced only bad fruit.