Isa 5:1-7, Eze 15:1-5, Nah 2:2, Joh 15:1-6 | 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}

Ezekiel 15:1-5

Jerusalem, a Useless Vine

1 And the word of the Lord came to me: 2 ⁿ“Son of man, how does ^othe wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest? 3 Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take ^pa peg from it to hang any vessel on it? 4 ^qBehold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything? 5 ^rBehold, when it was whole, it was used for nothing. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it ever be used for anything!

Nahum 2:2

2 For ^sthe Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob
as the majesty of Israel,
for plunderers have plundered them
and ^truined their branches.

John 15:1-6

I Am the True Vine

1 “I am the ^utrue vine, and my Father is ^vthe vinedresser. 2 ^wEvery branch in me that does not bear fruit ^xhe takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^ythat it may bear more fruit. 3 Already ^zyou are clean ^aabecause of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 ^abAbide ^acin me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; ^adyou are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ^aebears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me ^afhe is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^agand the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.