Psalms 80:8-15

8 You brought aa vine out of Egypt;
you bdrove out the nations and planted it.
9You ccleared the ground for it;
it took deep root and filled the land.
10The mountains were covered with its shade,
the mighty cedars with its branches.
11It sent out its branches to dthe sea
and its shoots to ethe River.
That is,  the Euphrates

12Why then have you gbroken down its walls,
so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
13 hThe boar from the forest ravages it,
and all that move in the field feed on it.
14 Turn again, O God of hosts!
iLook down from heaven, and see;
have regard for this vine,
15the stock that your right hand planted,
and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.

Isaiah 5:1-7

The Vineyard of the Lord Destroyed

1 Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had ja vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with kchoice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and lhe 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 mWhat more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
nWhen 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 oits hedge,
and it shall be devoured;
Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5

qI will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
6I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and rbriers and thorns shall grow up;
sI will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 tFor 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 27:2

2 In that day,
w“A pleasant vineyard,
Many Hebrew manuscripts  A vineyard of wine
ysing of it!

Jeremiah 2:21

21 zYet I planted you a choice vine,
wholly of pure seed.
aaHow then have you turned degenerate
and become a wild vine?
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