Isaiah 5:1–7

The Vineyard of the Lord Destroyed

5Let me sing for my beloved

my love song concerning his vineyard:

My beloved had ^va vineyard

on a very fertile hill.

²He dug it and cleared it of stones,

and planted it with ^wchoice vines;

he built a watchtower in the midst of it,

and hewed out a wine vat in it;

and ^xhe looked for it to yield grapes,

but it yielded wild grapes.

³And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem

and men of Judah,

judge between me and my vineyard.

^4yWhat more was there to do for my vineyard,

that I have not done in it?

^xWhen I looked for it to yield grapes,

why did it yield wild grapes?

⁵And now I will tell you

what I will do to my vineyard.

I will remove ^zits hedge,

and it shall be devoured;¹

^aI will break down its wall,

and it shall be trampled down.

⁶I will make it a waste;

it shall not be pruned or hoed,

and ^bbriers and thorns shall grow up;

^cI will also command the clouds

that they rain no rain upon it.

^7dFor 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;²

for righteousness,

but behold, an outcry!³