31 and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
    the ground was covered with nettles,
    and its stone (A)wall was broken down.

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31 thorns had come up everywhere,
    the ground was covered with weeds,
    and the stone wall was in ruins.

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31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

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18 Through sloth the roof sinks in,
    and through indolence the house leaks.

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18 Through laziness, the rafters sag;
    because of idle hands, the house leaks.(A)

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18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

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For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

(A)“Break up your fallow ground,
    and (B)sow not among thorns.

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This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:

“Break up your unplowed ground(A)
    and do not sow among thorns.(B)

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For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:5 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5

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)

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And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

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But (A)if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, (B)and its end is to be burned.

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But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed.(A) In the end it will be burned.

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But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

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22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but (A)the cares of (B)the world and (C)the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

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22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth(A) choke the word, making it unfruitful.

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22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

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Other seeds fell among (A)thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

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Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.

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And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

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21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
    and (A)slumber will clothe them with rags.

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21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor,(A)
    and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

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21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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13 (A)The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
    I shall be killed in the streets!”

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13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!(A)
    I’ll be killed in the public square!”

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13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

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