Isaiah 5:3-7
English Standard Version
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
4 (A)What more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
(B)When I looked for it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?
5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove (C)its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;[a]
(D)I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and (E)briers and thorns shall grow up;
(F)I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 (G)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;[b]
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry![c]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:5 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5
- Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike
- Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike
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