Isaiah 5:1-8

English Standard Version

The Vineyard of the Lord Destroyed

5 Let me sing for my beloved
    my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had ^(A)a vineyard
    on a very fertile hill.
²He dug it and cleared it of stones,
    and planted it with ^(B)choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
    and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and ^(C)he looked for it to yield grapes,
    but it yielded wild grapes.

³And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
    and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
⁴^(D)What more was there to do for my vineyard,
    that I have not done in it?
^(E)When I looked for it to yield grapes,
    why did it yield wild grapes?

⁵And now I will tell you
    what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove ^(F)its hedge,
    and it shall be devoured;^[a]
^(G)I will break down its wall,
    and it shall be trampled down.
⁶I will make it a waste;
    it shall not be pruned or hoed,
    and ^(H)briers and thorns shall grow up;
^(I)I will also command the clouds
    that they rain no rain upon it.

⁷^(J)For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
    is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
    are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
    but behold, bloodshed;^[b]
for righteousness,
    but behold, an outcry!^[c]

Woe to the Wicked

⁸Woe to those who ^(K)join house to house,
    who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
    and you are made to dwell alone
    in the midst of the land.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 5:5 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5
Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike
Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike

Isaiah 5:21-24

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²¹Woe to those who are ^(A)wise in their own eyes,
    and shrewd in their own sight!
²²Woe to those who are ^(B)heroes at drinking wine,
    and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
²³who ^(C)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
    and deprive the innocent of his right!

²⁴Therefore, ^(D)as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
    and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so ^(E)their root will be ^(F)as rottenness,
    and their blossom go up like dust;
for they have ^(G)rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
    and have ^(H)despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.