Isaiah 5:1–7

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:

²And ^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.

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

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

⁴What 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?

⁵And 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:

⁶And 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.

⁷For ^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.