1 I will sing to my love – a song to my lover about his vineyard.My love had a vineyardon a fertile hill.
2 He built a hedge around it, removed its stones,and planted a vine.He built a tower in the middle of it,and constructed a winepress.He waited for it to produce edible grapes,but it produced sour ones instead.
3 So now, residents of Jerusalem,people of Judah,you decide between me and my vineyard!
4 What more can I do for my vineyardbeyond what I have already done?When I waited for it to produce edible grapes,why did it produce sour ones instead?
5 Now I will inform youwhat I am about to do to my vineyard:I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture,I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there.
6 I will make it a wasteland;no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground,and thorns and briers will grow there.I will order the cloudsnot to drop any rain on it.