Isaiah 5:1-7

Tree of Life Version

5 Let me sing of my beloved,
    a song of my beloved, about His vineyard.
My beloved had a vineyard
    in a very fertile hill.^[a]
2 He dug it out and cleared its stones,
    planted it with a choice vine,
built a tower in the midst of it,
    and even cut out a winepress.
He expected it to yield good grapes,
    but it yielded worthless grapes.
³ So now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    please judge
    between me and my vineyard.
⁴ What more was there to do for my vineyard
    that I have not done?
Why then, when I expected it to yield good grapes,
    did it yield worthless grapes?
⁵ So now, I will make known to you
    what I will do to my vineyard:
I will take away the hedge,
    and it will be eaten up.
I will break down the fence,
    and it will be trodden down.
⁶ I will lay it waste:
    it will not be pruned or hoed,
but briers and thorns will come up.
I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.