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And he dug it and cleared it of stones,
    and he planted it with choice vines,[a]
and he built a watchtower in the middle of it,
    and he even hewed out a wine vat in it,
and he waited for it to yield grapes—
    but it yielded wild grapes.
And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem
    and men[b] of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it?
    Why did I hope for it to yield grapes, and it yielded wild grapes?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:2 Hebrew “vine”
  2. Isaiah 5:3 Hebrew “man”

He dug it up and cleared it of stones
    and planted it with the choicest vines.(A)
He built a watchtower(B) in it
    and cut out a winepress(C) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
    but it yielded only bad fruit.(D)

“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.(E)
What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?(F)
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?(G)

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