Isaiah 5:1-3

New International Reader's Version

The Song of the Vineyard

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.
²He 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.

³So the Lord said, “People of Jerusalem and Judah,
you be the judge between me and my vineyard.

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Isaiah 5:1-3

New International Version

The Song of the Vineyard

5 I will sing for the one I love
    a song about his vineyard:^(A)
My loved one had a vineyard
    on a fertile hillside.
²He dug it up and cleared it of stones
    and planted it with the choicest vines.^(B)
He built a watchtower^(C) in it
    and cut out a winepress^(D) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
    but it yielded only bad fruit.^(E)