Psa 80:8-16, Isa 5:1-7, Luk 20:9-16 | ESV | STEP | You brought a vine out of Egypt ; you drove out the nations and planted it.

8 You brought ^aa vine out of Egypt;
you ^bdrove out the nations and planted it.
9 You ^ccleared the ground for it;
it took deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shade,
the mighty cedars with its branches.
11 It sent out its branches to ^dthe sea
and its shoots to ^ethe River. ^{▼▼That is, the Euphrates}
12 Why 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,
15 the stock that your right hand planted,
and for the son whom you made strong for yourself.
16 They have ^jburned it with fire; they have ^kcut it down;
may they perish at ^lthe rebuke of your face!

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 ^ma vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2 He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with ⁿchoice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and ^ohe 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 ^pWhat more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
^qWhen 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 ^rits hedge,
and it shall be devoured; ^{▼▼Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5}
^tI 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 ^ubriers and thorns shall grow up;
^vI will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 ^wFor 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}

Luke 20:9-16

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

9 ^zAnd he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted ^aaa vineyard and ^ablet it out to tenants and ^acwent into another country for a long while. 10 When the time came, he sent a servant ^{▼▼Greek bondservant; also verse 11} to the tenants, so that ^aethey would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. ^afBut the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 ^agAnd ^ahhe sent another servant. But they also beat and ^aitreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 ^ajAnd he sent yet a third. This one also they wounded and cast out. 13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my ^akbeloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’ 14 But when the tenants saw him, they said to themselves, ^al‘This is the heir. ^amLet us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’ 15 And they ^anthrew him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 ^aoHe will ^apcome and destroy those tenants and ^aqgive the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “Surely not!”