³ “And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,
^(B)Judge, please, between Me and My vineyard.
⁴ What more could have been done to My vineyard
That I have not done in ^(C)it?
Why then, when I expected it to bring forth good grapes,
Did it bring forth wild grapes?
⁵ And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard:
^(D)I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;
And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
⁶ I will lay it ^(E)waste;
It shall not be pruned or ^[b]dug,
But there shall come up briers and ^(F)thorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”

⁷ For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.
He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;
For righteousness, but behold, ^[c]a cry for help.

⁸ You have brought ^(A)a vine out of Egypt;
^(B)You have cast out the ^[a]nations, and planted it.
⁹ You prepared room for it,
And caused it to take deep root,
And it filled the land.
¹⁰ The hills were covered with its shadow,
And the ^[b]mighty cedars with its ^(C)boughs.
¹¹ She sent out her boughs to ^[c]the Sea,
And her branches to ^[d]the River.

¹² Why have You ^(D)broken down her ^[e]hedges,
So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
¹³ The boar out of the woods uproots it,
And the wild beast of the field devours it.

¹⁴ Return, we beseech You, O God of hosts;
^(E)Look down from heaven and see,
And visit this vine
¹⁵ And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,
And the branch that You made strong ^(F)for Yourself.
¹⁶ It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
^(G)They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.