2 He dug it up and cleared it of stonesand planted it with the choicest vines.He built a watchtower in itand cut out a winepress as well.Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,but it yielded only bad fruit.
3 ‘Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,judge between me and my vineyard.
4 What more could have been done for my vineyardthan I have done for it?When I looked for good grapes,why did it yield only bad?
5 Now I will tell youwhat I am going to do to my vineyard:I will take away its hedge,and it will be destroyed;I will break down its wall,and it will be trampled.
6 I will make it a wasteland,neither pruned nor cultivated,and briers and thorns will grow there.I will command the cloudsnot to rain on it.’
7 The vineyard of the Lord Almightyis the nation of Israel,and the people of Judahare the vines he delighted in.And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed;for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.
8 Woe to you who add house to houseand join field to fieldtill no space is leftand you live alone in the land.