He dug it and cleared it of stones,
    and planted it with (A)choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
    and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and (B)he looked for it to yield grapes,
    but it yielded wild grapes.

And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
    and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
(C)What more was there to do for my vineyard,
    that I have not done in it?
(D)When I looked for it to yield grapes,
    why did it yield wild grapes?

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