Isa 5:1-7, 20:2-5, Jer 13:1-14, 19:1, 10, Eze 4-5, Hos 1:2-5, 3:1 | ESV | STEP | Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard : My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill .

1 Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had ^aa vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2 He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with ^bchoice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and ^che looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
4 ^dWhat more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
^eWhen I looked for it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?
5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove ^fits hedge,
and it shall be devoured; ^{▼▼Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5}
^hI will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and ⁱbriers and thorns shall grow up;
^jI will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 ^kFor the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed; ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike}
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry! ^{▼▼The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike}

Isaiah 20:2-5

2 at that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet,” and he did so, walking ⁿnaked and barefoot.

3 Then the Lord said, “As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years ^oas a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush, ^{▼▼Probably Nubia} 4 so shall the ^qking of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Cushite exiles, both the young and the old, naked and barefoot, with buttocks uncovered, the nakedness of Egypt. 5 ^rThen they shall be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast.

Jeremiah 13:1-14

The Ruined Loincloth

1 Thus says the Lord to me, “Go and buy a linen loincloth and ^sput it around your waist, and do not dip it in water.” 2 So I bought a loincloth according to the word of the Lord, and put it around my waist. 3 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, 4 “Take the loincloth that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, ^tgo to the Euphrates and hide it there in ^ua cleft of the rock.” 5 So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. 6 And after many days the Lord said to me, “Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there ^vthe loincloth that I commanded you to hide there.” 7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and I took ^wthe loincloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the loincloth was ^xspoiled; it was ^ygood for nothing.

8 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9 “Thus says the Lord: ^zEven so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great ^aapride of Jerusalem. 10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, ^abwho stubbornly follow their own heart and have gone after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be like this loincloth, which is ^acgood for nothing. 11 For as the loincloth clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to me, declares the Lord, ^adthat they might be for me a people, ^aea name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen.

The Jars Filled with Wine

12 “You shall speak to them this word: ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “Every jar shall be filled with wine.”’ And they will say to you, ‘Do we not indeed know that ^afevery jar will be filled with wine?’ 13 Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord: ^agBehold, I will fill with drunkenness all the inhabitants of this land: ^ahthe kings who sit on David’s throne, ^aithe priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 14 And I will ^ajdash them one against another, fathers and sons together, declares the Lord. I will not pity or spare or have compassion, that I should not destroy them.’”

Jeremiah 19:1

The Broken Flask

1 Thus says the Lord, “Go, buy ^aka potter’s earthenware ^alflask, and take some of ^amthe elders of the people and some of ^anthe elders of the priests,

Jeremiah 19:10

10 “Then ^aoyou shall break ^apthe flask in the sight of the men who go with you,

Ezekiel 4

The Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized

1 “And you, ^aqson of man, ^artake a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem. 2 ^asAnd put siegeworks against it, ^atand build a siege wall against it, ^auand cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, ^avand plant battering rams against it all around. 3 And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; ^awand set your face toward it, ^axand let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is ^aya sign for the house of Israel.

4 “Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment ^{▼▼Or iniquity; also verses 5, 6, 17} of the house of Israel upon it. For the number of the days that you lie on it, ^bayou shall bear their punishment. 5 For I assign to you a number of days, ^bb390 days, ^bcequal to the number of the years of their punishment. ^bdSo long shall you bear ^bethe punishment of the house of Israel. 6 And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and ^bfbear ^bgthe punishment of the house of Judah. ^bhForty days I assign you, a day for each year. 7 ^biAnd you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, ^bjwith your arm bared, and you shall prophesy against the city. 8 And behold, ^bkI will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed ^blthe days of your siege.

9 “And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, ^{▼▼A type of wheat} and put them into a single vessel and make your ^bnbread from them. ^boDuring the number of days that you lie on your side, ^bp390 days, you shall eat it. 10 And your food that you eat shall be ^bqby weight, ^brtwenty shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} a day; from day to day ^{▼▼Or at a set time daily; also verse 11} you shall eat it. 11 And water you shall drink ^buby measure, the sixth part of a hin; ^{▼▼A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters} from day to day you shall drink. 12 And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it ^bwin their sight on human dung.” 13 And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat ^bxtheir bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” 14 Then I said, ^by“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself. ^{▼▼Hebrew my soul (or throat) has never been made unclean} ^caFrom my youth up till now I have never eaten ^cbwhat died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has ^cctainted meat come into my mouth.” 15 Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.” 16 Moreover, he said to me, ^cd“Son of man, behold, ^ceI will break the supply ^{▼▼Hebrew staff} of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread ^cgby weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water ^chby measure and in dismay. 17 I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and ^cilook at one another in dismay, and ^cjrot away because of their punishment.

Ezekiel 5

Jerusalem Will Be Destroyed

1 “And you, ^ckO son of man, take a ^clsharp sword. Use it as ^cma barber’s razor and ^cnpass it over your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair. 2 ^coA third part you shall burn in the fire ^cpin the midst of the city, ^cqwhen the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city. ^crAnd a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and ^csI will unsheathe the sword after them. 3 ^ctAnd you shall take from these a small number and bind them in the skirts of your robe. 4 ^cuAnd of these again you shall take some and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.

5 “Thus says the Lord God: ^cvThis is Jerusalem. I have set her ^cwin the center of the nations, with countries all around her. 6 And she has rebelled against my rules by doing wickedness ^cxmore than the nations, and against my statutes more than ^cythe countries all around her; for they have rejected my rules and have not walked in my statutes. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you are ^czmore turbulent than the nations that are all around you, ^daand have not walked in my statutes or obeyed my rules, ^dband have not ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac lack not} even acted according to the rules of the nations that are all around you, 8 therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, even I, ^ddam against you. ^deAnd I will execute judgments ^{▼▼The same Hebrew expression can mean obey rules, or execute judgments, depending on the context} in your midst ^dgin the sight of the nations. 9 And because of all your abominations I will do with you ^dhwhat I have never yet done, and the like of which I will never do again. 10 Therefore ^difathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers. ^djAnd I will execute judgments on you, ^dkand any of you who survive I will scatter to all the winds. 11 Therefore, ^dlas I live, declares the Lord God, surely, ^dmbecause you have defiled my sanctuary ^dnwith all your detestable things and with all your ^doabominations, ^dptherefore I will withdraw. ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts I will cut you down} ^drMy eye will not spare, and I will have no pity. 12 ^dsA third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; ^dta third part shall fall by the sword all around you; ^duand a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

13 ^dv“Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that ^dwI am the Lord—that I have spoken in my jealousy— ^dxwhen I spend my fury upon them. 14 Moreover, I will make you ^dya desolation and ^dzan object of reproach among ^eathe nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by. 15 You shall be ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Masoretic Text And it shall be} a reproach and a taunt, a warning ^ecand a horror, to ^edthe nations all around you, ^eewhen I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and ^efwith furious rebukes—I am the Lord; I have spoken— 16 when I send against you ^{▼▼Hebrew them} ^ehthe deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon ^eiyou and break your supply ^{▼▼Hebrew staff} of bread. 17 I will send famine and ^ekwild beasts against you, ^eland they will rob you of your children. Pestilence and ^emblood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I am the Lord; I have spoken.”

Hosea 1:2-5

Hosea’s Wife and Children

2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, ^en“Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have ^eochildren of whoredom, for ^epthe land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.” 3 So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

4 And the Lord said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while ^eqI will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and ^erI will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 And on that day ^esI will break the bow of Israel ^etin the Valley of Jezreel.”

Hosea 3:1

Hosea Redeems His Wife

1 And the Lord said to me, ^eu“Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”