Now will I sing to amy wellbeloved ba song of my beloved touching chis vineyard.

aMy wellbeloved hath a vineyard in †a very fruitful hill:

2  And dhe ||fenced it, and egathered out the stones thereof,

And dplanted it with fthe choicest vine,

And dbuilt a tower in the midst of it,

And dalso †made ga winepress therein:

And hhe looked that it should bring forth grapes,

And it brought forth wild grapes.

3  And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah,

Judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

4  What could have been done more to my vineyard,

That I have not done in it?

Wherefore, hwhen I looked that it should bring forth grapes,

Brought it forth wild grapes?

5  And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard:

I will take away ithe hedge thereof, and jit shall be eaten up;

And kbreak down the wall thereof, and it shall be †trodden down:

6  And I will lay it waste:

It shall not be pruned, nor digged;

But there shall come up lbriers and thorns:

I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

7  For mthe vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,

And the men of Judah †his pleasant plant:

And he looked for judgment, but behold †oppression;

For righteousness, but behold a cry.