Isaiah 5:1-7

New American Standard Bible

Parable of the Vineyard

5 Let me sing now for my beloved
A song of my beloved about His vineyard.
My beloved had a ^(A)vineyard on ^[a]a fertile hill.
²He dug it all around, cleared it of stones,
And planted it with ^[b]the ^(B)choicest vine.
And He built a tower in the middle of it,
And also carved out a ^[c]wine vat in it;
Then He ^(C)expected it to produce good grapes,
But it produced only ^[d]worthless ones.

³“And now, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah,
^(D)Judge between Me and My vineyard.
⁴^(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?
⁵So 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.
⁶I will ^(I)lay it waste;
It will not be pruned nor hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also command the clouds not to ^(J)rain on it.”

⁷For the ^(K)vineyard of the Lord of armies is the house of Israel,
And the people of Judah are His delightful plant.
So He waited for justice, but behold, there was ^(L)bloodshed;
For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.