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1 I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. 2 He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! 3 “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem (city of peace) and men of Judah (praised), I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. 4 What more could have been done for My vineyard than I have done for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit? 5 Now I will tell you⁺ what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled. 6 I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.” 7 For the vineyard of the LORD {YHWH} of Hosts is the house of Israel (he wrestles with God), and the men of Judah (praised) are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress. Isaiah 5:1-7, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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