Isaiah 5:1-6

1Let me sing now for my well-beloved A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard. My well-beloved had a 1vineyard on 2a fertile hill.2He dug it all around, removed its stones, And planted it with 3the 4choicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it And also hewed out a 5wine vat in it; Then He 6expected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only 7worthless ones.

3“And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, 8Judge between Me and My vineyard.49What more was there to do for My vineyard 10that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce 11worthless ones?5So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard: I will 12remove its hedge and it will be consumed; I will 13break down its wall and it will become 14trampled ground.6I will 15lay it waste; It will not be pruned or hoed, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also charge the clouds to 16rain no rain on it.”