1 The Song of the Vineyard
1 I will sing for the one I love 1 a song about his vineyard: 1 My loved one had a vineyard 1 on a fertile hillside.
2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones 2 and planted it with the choicest vines. 2 He built a watchtower in it 2 and cut out a winepress as well. 2 Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, 2 but it yielded only bad fruit.
3 "Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and men of Judah, 3 judge between me and my vineyard.
4 What more could have been done for my vineyard 4 than I have done for it? 4 When I looked for good grapes, 4 why did it yield only bad?
5 Now I will tell you 5 what I am going to do to my vineyard: 5 I will take away its hedge, 5 and it will be destroyed; 5 I will break down its wall, 5 and it will be trampled.
6 I will make it a wasteland, 6 neither pruned nor cultivated, 6 and briers and thorns will grow there. 6 I will command the clouds 6 not to rain on it."
7 The vineyard of the Lord Almighty 7 is the house of Israel, 7 and the men of Judah 7 are the garden of his delight. 7 And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; 7 for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.
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