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5 : 1 Let me sing for my belovedmy love song concerning his vineyard:My beloved hada vineyardon a very fertile hill.
5 : 2 He dug it and cleared it of stones,and planted it withchoice vines;he built a watchtower in the midst of it,and hewed out a wine vat in it;andhe looked for it to yield grapes,but it yielded wild grapes.
5 : 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalemand men of Judah,judge between me and my vineyard.
5 : 4 What more was there to do for my vineyard,that I have not done in it?When I looked for it to yield grapes,why did it yield wild grapes?
5 : 5 And now I will tell youwhat I will do to my vineyard.I will removeits hedge,and it shall be devoured;I will break down its wall,and it shall be trampled down.
5 : 6 I will make it a waste;it shall not be pruned or hoed,andbriers and thorns shall grow up;I will also command the cloudsthat they rain no rain upon it.
5 : 7 For the vineyard of theLordof hostsis the house of Israel,and the men of Judahare his pleasant planting;and he looked for justice,but behold, bloodshed;for righteousness,but behold, an outcry!
5 : 8 Woe to those whojoin house to house,who add field to field,until there is no more room,and you are made to dwell alonein the midst of the land.
5 : 9 TheLordof hosts has sworn in my hearing:Surely many houses shall be desolate,large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
5 : 10 For ten acresof vineyard shall yield but one bath,and ahomer of seed shall yield but an ephah.
5 : 11 Woe to those whorise early in the morning,that they may run after strong drink,who tarry late into the eveningas wine inflames them!
5 : 12 They have lyre and harp,tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,but they do not regard the deeds of theLord,or see the work of his hands.
5 : 13 Therefore my people go into exilefor lack of knowledge;theirhonored men go hungry,and their multitude is parched with thirst.
5 : 14 Therefore Sheol hasenlarged its appetiteand openedits mouth beyond measure,and the nobility of Jerusalemand her multitude will go down,her revelers and he whoexults in her.
5 : 15 Man is humbled, and each one is brought low,and the eyes of the haughtyare brought low.
5 : 16 But theLordof hosts is exaltedin justice,and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
5 : 17 Then shall the lambs grazeas in their pasture,andnomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.
5 : 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity withcords of falsehood,who draw sin as with cart ropes,
5 : 19 who say:Let him be quick,let him speed his workthat we may see it;let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,and let it come, that we may know it!
5 : 20 Woe tothose who call evil goodand good evil,who put darkness for lightand light for darkness,who put bitter for sweetand sweet for bitter!
5 : 21 Woe to those who arewise in their own eyes,and shrewd in their own sight!
5 : 22 Woe to those who areheroes at drinking wine,and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
5 : 23 whoacquit the guilty for a bribe,and deprive the innocent of his right!
5 : 24 Therefore,as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,sotheir root will beas rottenness,and their blossom go up like dust;for they haverejected the law of theLordof hosts,and havedespised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
5 : 25 Thereforethe anger of theLordwas kindled against his people,and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,andthe mountains quaked;and their corpses wereas refusein the midst of the streets.For all this his anger has not turned away,and his hand is stretched out still.
5 : 26 He willraise a signal for nations far away,andwhistle for themfrom the ends of the earth;and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
5 : 27 None is weary, none stumbles,none slumbers or sleeps,not a waistband is loose,not a sandal strap broken;
5 : 28 their arrows are sharp,all their bows bent,their horses' hoofs seem like flint,and their wheelslike the whirlwind.
5 : 29 Their roaring is like a lion,like young lions they roar;they growl andseize their prey;they carry it off, and none can rescue.
5 : 30 They will growl over it on that day,like the growling of the sea.And if one looks to the land,behold,darkness and distress;and the light is darkened by its clouds.