Isa 5:1-7 | NASB2020 | STEP | Let me sing now for my beloved A song of my beloved about His vineyard . My beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill .

Isaiah 5:1-7

Parable of the Vineyard

1 Let me sing now for my beloved
A song of my beloved about His vineyard.
My beloved had a ^avineyard on ^{▼▼Lit horn, a son of fatness}a fertile hill.
2 He dug it all around, cleared it of stones,
And planted it with ^{▼▼Lit a bright red grape}the ^dchoicest vine.
And He built a tower in the middle of it,
And also carved out a ^{▼▼Or wine press}wine vat in it;
Then He ^fexpected it to produce good grapes,
But it produced only ^{▼▼Or unripe}worthless ones.

3 “And now, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah,
^hJudge between Me and My vineyard.
4 “ ⁱWhat more was there to do for My vineyard ^{▼▼Lit and I have not done}that I have not done in it?
Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce ^{▼▼Or unripe}worthless ones?
5 “So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:
I will ^lremove its hedge and it will be consumed;
I will ^mbreak down its wall and it will become ⁿtrampled ground.
6 “I will ^olay it waste;
It will not be pruned nor hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also command the clouds not to ^prain on it.”

7 For the ^qvineyard of the Lord of armies is the house of Israel,
And the people of Judah are His delightful plant.
So He waited for justice, but behold, there was ^rbloodshed;
For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.