6 I will lay it waste;It shall not be pruned or dug,But there shall come up briers and thorns.I will also command the cloudsThat they rain no rain on it.”
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.
8 Woe to those who join house to house;They add field to field,Till there is no placeWhere they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
9 In my hearing the Lord of hosts said,“Truly, many houses shall be desolate,Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant.
10 For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath,And a homer of seed shall yield one ephah.”
11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning,That they may follow intoxicating drink;Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!
12 The harp and the strings,The tambourine and flute,And wine are in their feasts;But they do not regard the work of the Lord,Nor consider the operation of His hands.