Isaiah 5:5-7
New American Standard Bible 1995
5 “So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:
I will (A)remove its hedge and it will be consumed;
I will (B)break down its wall and it will become (C)trampled ground.
6 “I will (D)lay it waste;
It will not be pruned or hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also charge the clouds to (E)rain no rain on it.”
7 For the (F)vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel
And the men of Judah His delightful plant.
Thus He looked for justice, but behold, (G)bloodshed;
For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.
Isaiah 5:5-7
New International Version
5 Now I will tell you
    what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
    and it will be destroyed;(A)
I will break down its wall,(B)
    and it will be trampled.(C)
6 I will make it a wasteland,(D)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns(E) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain(F) on it.”
Isaiah 5:5-7
English Standard Version
5 And now I will tell you
    what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove (A)its hedge,
    and it shall be devoured;[a]
(B)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 (C)briers and thorns shall grow up;
(D)I will also command the clouds
    that they rain no rain upon it.
7 (E)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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