And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

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

And now I will tell you
    what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove (C)its hedge,
    and it shall be devoured;[a]
(D)I will break down its wall,
    and it shall be trampled down.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:5 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5