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Let me sing now for my well-beloved A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard. My well-beloved had a ^(a)vineyard on ^[a]a fertile hill.

He dug it all around, removed its stones, And planted it with ^[b]the ^(b)choicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it And also hewed out a ^[c]wine vat in it; Then He ^(c)expected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only ^[d]worthless ones.

"And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, ^(d)Judge between Me and My vineyard.

"^(e)What more was there to do for My vineyard ^[e]that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce ^[f]worthless ones?

"So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard: I will ^(f)remove its hedge and it will be consumed; I will ^(g)break down its wall and it will become ^(h)trampled ground.

"I will ⁽ⁱ⁾lay it waste; It will not be pruned or hoed, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also charge the clouds to ^(j)rain no rain on it."

For the ^(k)vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel And the men of Judah His delightful plant. Thus He looked for justice, but behold, ^(l)bloodshed; For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

Woe to those who ^(m)add house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!

In my ears the Lord of hosts has sworn, "Surely, ⁽ⁿ⁾many houses shall become ^(o)desolate, Even great and fine ones, without occupants.

"For ^(p)ten acres of vineyard will yield only one ^[g]bath of wine, And a ^(q)homer of seed will yield but an ^[h]ephah of grain."

Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue ^(r)strong drink, Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!

Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and ^(s)harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine; But they ^(t)do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord , Nor do they consider the work of His hands.

Therefore My people go into exile for their ^(u)lack of knowledge; And ^[i]their ^(v)honorable men are famished, And their multitude is parched with thirst.

Therefore ^(w)Sheol has enlarged its ^[j]throat and opened its mouth without measure; And ^[k]Jerusalem's splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it.

So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased, ^(x)The eyes of the proud also will be abased.

But the ^(y) Lord of hosts will be ^(z)exalted in judgment, And the holy God will show Himself ^(aa)holy in righteousness.

^(ab)Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat in the waste places of the ^[l]wealthy.

Woe to those who drag ^(ac)iniquity with the cords of ^[m]falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes;

^(ad)Who say, "Let Him make speed, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it; And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near And come to pass, that we may know it!"