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The Song of the Vineyard

My beloved had a vineyard[fn] on a fertile hill .[fn]
- 2 And he dug it and cleared it of stones, and he planted it with choice vines,[fn]
and he built a watchtower in the middle of it,
- and he even hewed out a wine vat in it,
and he waited for it to yield grapes—
- but it yielded wild grapes.
- 3 And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men[fn] of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
- 4 What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? Why did I hope for it to yield grapes, and it yielded wild grapes?

5 And now let me tell you what I myself am about to do to my vineyard.

I will remove its hedge, and it shall become a devastation.
- I will break down its wall, and it shall become a trampling.
- 6 And I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned and hoed,
and it shall be overgrown with briers[fn] and thornbushes.[fn]
- And concerning the clouds, I will command them not to send[fn] rain down upon it.
- 7 For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts is the house of Israel, and the man[fn] of Judah is the plantation of his delight.
And he waited for justice,[fn]
- but look! Bloodshed![fn]
For righteousness,[fn]
- but look! A cry of distress![fn]

5:? Literally “A vineyard was for my beloved”

5:? Literally “a horn of a son of olive oil.” The Hebrew for horn, qeren, sounds like the Hebrew for vineyard, kerem

5:? Hebrew “vine”

5:? Hebrew “man”

5:5 Hebrew “brier”

5:5 Hebrew “thornbush”

5:5 Literally “from sending”

5:5 Or “people”

5:5 The Hebrew word, mishpat, sounds like mishpakh in the next line

5:5 The Hebrew word, mishpakh, sounds like mishpat in the previous line

5:5 The Hebrew word, tsedaqah, sounds like tsa`aqah in the next line

5:5 The Hebrew word, tsa`aqah, sounds like tsedaqah in the previous line

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