I will make it a wasteland.(A)
It will not be pruned or weeded;
thorns and briers will grow up.(B)
I will also give orders to the clouds
that rain should not fall on it.
For the vineyard of the Lord of Armies
is the house of Israel,(C)
and the men[a] of Judah,
the plant he delighted in.
He expected justice
but saw injustice;
he expected righteousness
but heard cries of despair.

Judah’s Sins Denounced

Woe to those who add house to house(D)
and join field to field
until there is no more room
and you alone are left in the land.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:7 Lit man

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