Isaiah 3:13-5:10

New International Version

¹³The Lord takes his place in court;^(A)
    he rises to judge^(B) the people.
¹⁴The Lord enters into judgment^(C)
    against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
    the plunder^(D) from the poor^(E) is in your houses.
¹⁵What do you mean by crushing my people^(F)
    and grinding^(G) the faces of the poor?”^(H)
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.^(I)

¹⁶The Lord says,
    “The women of Zion^(J) are haughty,
walking along with outstretched necks,^(K)
    flirting with their eyes,
strutting along with swaying hips,
    with ornaments jingling on their ankles.
¹⁷Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion;
    the Lord will make their scalps bald.^(L)”

¹⁸In that day^(M) the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces,^(N) ¹⁹the earrings and bracelets^(O) and veils,^(P) ²⁰the headdresses^(Q) and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, ²¹the signet rings and nose rings,^(R) ²²the fine robes and the capes and cloaks,^(S) the purses ²³and mirrors, and the linen garments^(T) and tiaras^(U) and shawls.

²⁴Instead of fragrance^(V) there will be a stench;^(W)
    instead of a sash,^(X) a rope;
instead of well-dressed hair, baldness;^(Y)
    instead of fine clothing, sackcloth;^(Z)
    instead of beauty,^(AA) branding.^(AB)
²⁵Your men will fall by the sword,^(AC)
    your warriors in battle.^(AD)
²⁶The gates^(AE) of Zion will lament and mourn;^(AF)
    destitute,^(AG) she will sit on the ground.^(AH)

4 ¹In that day^(AI) seven women
    will take hold of one man^(AJ)
and say, “We will eat our own food^(AK)
    and provide our own clothes;
only let us be called by your name.
    Take away our disgrace!”^(AL)

The Branch of the Lord

²In that day^(AM) the Branch of the Lord^(AN) will be beautiful^(AO) and glorious, and the fruit^(AP) of the land will be the pride and glory^(AQ) of the survivors^(AR) in Israel. ³Those who are left in Zion,^(AS) who remain^(AT) in Jerusalem, will be called holy,^(AU) all who are recorded^(AV) among the living in Jerusalem. ⁴The Lord will wash away the filth^(AW) of the women of Zion;^(AX) he will cleanse^(AY) the bloodstains^(AZ) from Jerusalem by a spirit^[a] of judgment^(BA) and a spirit^[b] of fire.^(BB) ⁵Then the Lord will create^(BC) over all of Mount Zion^(BD) and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night;^(BE) over everything the glory^[c]^(BF) will be a canopy.^(BG) ⁶It will be a shelter^(BH) and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge^(BI) and hiding place from the storm^(BJ) and rain.

The Song of the Vineyard

5 I will sing for the one I love
    a song about his vineyard:^(BK)
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.^(BL)
He built a watchtower^(BM) in it
    and cut out a winepress^(BN) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
    but it yielded only bad fruit.^(BO)

³“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.^(BP)
⁴What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?^(BQ)
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?^(BR)
⁵Now I will tell you
    what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
    and it will be destroyed;^(BS)
I will break down its wall,^(BT)
    and it will be trampled.^(BU)
⁶I will make it a wasteland,^(BV)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns^(BW) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain^(BX) on it.”

⁷The vineyard^(BY) of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,^(BZ) but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness,^(CA) but heard cries of distress.^(CB)

Woes and Judgments

⁸Woe^(CC) to you who add house to house
and join field to field^(CD)
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.

⁹The Lord Almighty^(CE) has declared in my hearing:^(CF)

“Surely the great houses will become desolate,^(CG)
the fine mansions left without occupants.
¹⁰A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath^[d] of wine;
a homer^[e] of seed will yield only an ephah^[f] of grain.”^(CH)