The Vineyard of the Lord Destroyed

Let me sing for my beloved
    my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had (A)a vineyard
    on a very fertile hill.
He dug it and cleared it of stones,
    and planted it with (B)choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
    and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and (C)he looked for it to yield grapes,
    but it yielded wild grapes.

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(A)For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
    is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
    are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
    but behold, bloodshed;[a]
for righteousness,
    but behold, an outcry![b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike
  2. Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike

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