Isaiah 5:3-7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³ So now, residents of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
please judge between Me
and My vineyard.
⁴ What more could I have done for My vineyard
than I did?^(A)
Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes,
did it yield worthless grapes?
⁵ Now I will tell you
what I am about to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge,^(B)
and it will be consumed;
I will tear down its wall,^(C)
and it will be trampled.
⁶ I will make it a wasteland.^(D)
It will not be pruned or weeded;
thorns and briers will grow up.^(E)
I will also give orders to the clouds
that rain should not fall on it.
⁷ For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts
is the house of Israel,^(F)
and the men^[a] of Judah,
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.