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The Song of the Vineyard
I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:
My loved one had a vineyard
on a fertile hillside.
I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:
My loved one had a vineyard
on a fertile hillside.
A Song about the LORD’s Vineyard
Now I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a rich and fertile hill.
Now I will sing for the one I love
a song about his vineyard:
My beloved had a vineyard
on a rich and fertile hill.
He dug it up and cleared it of stones
and planted it with the choicest vines.
He built a watchtower in it
and cut out a winepress as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
but it yielded only bad fruit.
and planted it with the choicest vines.
He built a watchtower in it
and cut out a winepress as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
but it yielded only bad fruit.
He plowed the land, cleared its stones,
and planted it with the best vines.
In the middle he built a watchtower
and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks.
Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes,
but the grapes that grew were bitter.
and planted it with the best vines.
In the middle he built a watchtower
and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks.
Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes,
but the grapes that grew were bitter.
“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
judge between me and my vineyard.
Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah,
you judge between me and my vineyard.
you judge between me and my vineyard.
What more could have been done for my vineyard
than I have done for it?
When I looked for good grapes,
why did it yield only bad?
than I have done for it?
When I looked for good grapes,
why did it yield only bad?
What more could I have done for my vineyard
that I have not already done?
When I expected sweet grapes,
why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?
that I have not already done?
When I expected sweet grapes,
why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?
Now I will tell you
what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
and it will be destroyed;
I will break down its wall,
and it will be trampled.
what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
and it will be destroyed;
I will break down its wall,
and it will be trampled.
Now let me tell you
what I will do to my vineyard:
I will tear down its hedges
and let it be destroyed.
I will break down its walls
and let the animals trample it.
what I will do to my vineyard:
I will tear down its hedges
and let it be destroyed.
I will break down its walls
and let the animals trample it.
I will make it a wasteland,
neither pruned nor cultivated,
and briers and thorns will grow there.
I will command the clouds
not to rain on it.”
neither pruned nor cultivated,
and briers and thorns will grow there.
I will command the clouds
not to rain on it.”
I will make it a wild place
where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed,
a place overgrown with briers and thorns.
I will command the clouds
to drop no rain on it.
where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed,
a place overgrown with briers and thorns.
I will command the clouds
to drop no rain on it.
The vineyard of the Lord Almighty
is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed;
for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.
is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed;
for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.
The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
The people of Judah are his pleasant garden.
He expected a crop of justice,
but instead he found oppression.
He expected to find righteousness,
but instead he heard cries of violence.
Judah’s Guilt and Judgment
The people of Judah are his pleasant garden.
He expected a crop of justice,
but instead he found oppression.
He expected to find righteousness,
but instead he heard cries of violence.
Judah’s Guilt and Judgment
Woes and Judgments
Woe to you who add house to house
and join field to field
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.
Woe to you who add house to house
and join field to field
till no space is left
and you live alone in the land.
What sorrow for you who buy up house after house and field after field,
until everyone is evicted and you live alone in the land.
until everyone is evicted and you live alone in the land.
The Lord Almighty has declared in my hearing:
“Surely the great houses will become desolate,
the fine mansions left without occupants.
“Surely the great houses will become desolate,
the fine mansions left without occupants.
But I have heard the LORD of Heaven’s Armies
swear a solemn oath:
“Many houses will stand deserted;
even beautiful mansions will be empty.
swear a solemn oath:
“Many houses will stand deserted;
even beautiful mansions will be empty.
Woe to those who rise early in the morning
to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
till they are inflamed with wine.
to run after their drinks,
who stay up late at night
till they are inflamed with wine.
What sorrow for those who get up early in the morning
looking for a drink of alcohol
and spend long evenings drinking wine
to make themselves flaming drunk.
looking for a drink of alcohol
and spend long evenings drinking wine
to make themselves flaming drunk.
They have harps and lyres at their banquets,
pipes and timbrels and wine,
but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands.
pipes and timbrels and wine,
but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord,
no respect for the work of his hands.
They furnish wine and lovely music at their grand parties —
lyre and harp, tambourine and flute —
but they never think about the LORD
or notice what he is doing.
lyre and harp, tambourine and flute —
but they never think about the LORD
or notice what he is doing.
Therefore my people will go into exile
for lack of understanding;
those of high rank will die of hunger
and the common people will be parched with thirst.
for lack of understanding;
those of high rank will die of hunger
and the common people will be parched with thirst.
So my people will go into exile far away
because they do not know me.
Those who are great and honored will starve,
and the common people will die of thirst.
because they do not know me.
Those who are great and honored will starve,
and the common people will die of thirst.
Therefore Death expands its jaws,
opening wide its mouth;
into it will descend their nobles and masses
with all their brawlers and revelers.
opening wide its mouth;
into it will descend their nobles and masses
with all their brawlers and revelers.
So people will be brought low
and everyone humbled,
the eyes of the arrogant humbled.
and everyone humbled,
the eyes of the arrogant humbled.
Humanity will be destroyed, and people brought down;
even the arrogant will lower their eyes in humiliation.
even the arrogant will lower their eyes in humiliation.
But the Lord Almighty will be exalted by his justice,
and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.
and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts.
But the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will be exalted by his justice.
The holiness of God will be displayed by his righteousness.
The holiness of God will be displayed by his righteousness.
Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit,
and wickedness as with cart ropes,
and wickedness as with cart ropes,
What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them
with ropes made of lies,
who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!
with ropes made of lies,
who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!
to those who say, “Let God hurry;
let him hasten his work
so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One of Israel —
let it approach, let it come into view,
so we may know it.”
let him hasten his work
so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One of Israel —
let it approach, let it come into view,
so we may know it.”
They even mock God and say,
“Hurry up and do something!
We want to see what you can do.
Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan,
for we want to know what it is.”
“Hurry up and do something!
We want to see what you can do.
Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan,
for we want to know what it is.”
Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.
What sorrow for those who say
that evil is good and good is evil,
that dark is light and light is dark,
that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.
that evil is good and good is evil,
that dark is light and light is dark,
that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight.
and clever in their own sight.
What sorrow for those who are wise in their own eyes
and think themselves so clever.
and think themselves so clever.
Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine
and champions at mixing drinks,
and champions at mixing drinks,
What sorrow for those who are heroes at drinking wine
and boast about all the alcohol they can hold.
and boast about all the alcohol they can hold.
who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
but deny justice to the innocent.
but deny justice to the innocent.
They take bribes to let the wicked go free,
and they punish the innocent.
and they punish the innocent.
Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw
and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay
and their flowers blow away like dust;
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
and as dry grass sinks down in the flames,
so their roots will decay
and their flowers blow away like dust;
for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty
and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble
and dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will rot
and their flowers wither.
For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies;
they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
and dry grass shrivels in the flame,
so their roots will rot
and their flowers wither.
For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies;
they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore the Lord’s anger burns against his people;
his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,
and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets.
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.
his hand is raised and he strikes them down.
The mountains shake,
and the dead bodies are like refuse in the streets.
Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
his hand is still upraised.
That is why the LORD’s anger burns against his people,
and why he has raised his fist to crush them.
The mountains tremble,
and the corpses of his people litter the streets like garbage.
But even then the LORD’s anger is not satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike!
and why he has raised his fist to crush them.
The mountains tremble,
and the corpses of his people litter the streets like garbage.
But even then the LORD’s anger is not satisfied.
His fist is still poised to strike!
He lifts up a banner for the distant nations,
he whistles for those at the ends of the earth.
Here they come,
swiftly and speedily!
he whistles for those at the ends of the earth.
Here they come,
swiftly and speedily!
He will send a signal to distant nations far away
and whistle to those at the ends of the earth.
They will come racing toward Jerusalem.
and whistle to those at the ends of the earth.
They will come racing toward Jerusalem.
Not one of them grows tired or stumbles,
not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt is loosened at the waist,
not a sandal strap is broken.
not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt is loosened at the waist,
not a sandal strap is broken.
They will not get tired or stumble.
They will not stop for rest or sleep.
Not a belt will be loose,
not a sandal strap broken.
They will not stop for rest or sleep.
Not a belt will be loose,
not a sandal strap broken.
Their arrows are sharp,
all their bows are strung;
their horses’ hooves seem like flint,
their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.
all their bows are strung;
their horses’ hooves seem like flint,
their chariot wheels like a whirlwind.
Their arrows will be sharp
and their bows ready for battle.
Sparks will fly from their horses’ hooves,
and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
and their bows ready for battle.
Sparks will fly from their horses’ hooves,
and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
Their roar is like that of the lion,
they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize their prey
and carry it off with no one to rescue.
they roar like young lions;
they growl as they seize their prey
and carry it off with no one to rescue.
They will roar like lions,
like the strongest of lions.
Growling, they will pounce on their victims and carry them off,
and no one will be there to rescue them.
like the strongest of lions.
Growling, they will pounce on their victims and carry them off,
and no one will be there to rescue them.
In that day they will roar over it
like the roaring of the sea.
And if one looks at the land,
there is only darkness and distress;
even the sun will be darkened by clouds.
like the roaring of the sea.
And if one looks at the land,
there is only darkness and distress;
even the sun will be darkened by clouds.
They will roar over their victims on that day of destruction
like the roaring of the sea.
If someone looks across the land,
only darkness and distress will be seen;
even the light will be darkened by clouds.
like the roaring of the sea.
If someone looks across the land,
only darkness and distress will be seen;
even the light will be darkened by clouds.