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Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved hadvPs. 80:8; Matt. 21:33; Mark 12:1; Luke 20:9; [Hos. 9:10] a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2 He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it withwJer. 2:21 choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
andx[Matt. 21:19; Mark 11:13; Luke 13:6] he 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 y[Mic. 6:3, 4] What more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
x[See ver. 2 above] When 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 removez[Jer. 5:10] its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;1Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5
aPs. 80:12; [Prov. 24:31] I 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,
andbSee ch. 7:23-25 briers and thorns shall grow up;
c[1 Kgs. 17:1; Jer. 14:1, 22] I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 d[ch. 3:14]; See Ps. 80:8-11 For 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;
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry!
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Woe to those whoeMic. 2:2 join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.
9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
fch. 6:12 “Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
10 g[Lev. 26:26; Hag. 1:6; 2:16] For ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and ahEzek. 45:11 homer of seed shall yield but an ephah. ”
11 Woe to those whoiver. 22; [Prov. 23:29, 30; Eccles. 10:16, 17] rise early in the morning,
that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
as wine inflames them!
12 jAmos 6:5, 6 They have lyre and harp,
tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
kch. 26:11 but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
or see the work of his hands.
13 Therefore my people go into exile
lch. 1:3; Hos. 4:6 for lack of knowledge;1Or without their knowledge
theirm[Lam. 4:2, 7, 8] honored men go hungry,2Or die of hunger
and their multitude is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol hasnHab. 2:5 enlarged its appetite
and openedoPs. 141:7 its mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down,
her revelers and he whop[ver. 12; Job 1:18, 19] exults in her.
15 qch. 2:9 Man is humbled, and each one is brought low,
and the eyes of the haughty are brought low.
16 rch. 2:11, 17 But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice,
and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
17 Then shall the lambs grazesMic. 2:12 as in their pasture,
andt[Judg. 6:3] nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.
18 Woe to those who draw iniquity withuProv. 5:22 cords of falsehood,
who draw sin as with cart ropes,
19 who say:v[Ezek. 12:22; 2 Pet. 3:4] “Let him be quick,
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
and let it come, that we may know it! ”
20 Woe tow[Amos 5:7] those who call evil good
and good evil,
x[Job 17:12; Matt. 6:22, 23; Luke 11:34, 35] who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who areyProv. 3:7; Rom. 12:16 wise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!
22 Woe to those who arezver. 11 heroes at drinking wine,
and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
23 whoaEx. 23:8; Prov. 17:15 acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
24 Therefore,bch. 47:14; Joel 2:5; [Ex. 15:7] as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
socJob 18:16 their root will bedHos. 5:12 as rottenness,
and their blossom go up like dust;
for they haveech. 30:9 rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
and havefch. 1:4 despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Thereforeg2 Kgs. 22:13, 17 the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,
andhJer. 4:24; [Ps. 97:5; Hab. 3:6] the mountains quaked;
and their corpses werei[2 Kgs. 9:37; Jer. 36:30] as refuse
in the midst of the streets.
jch. 9:12, 17, 21; 10:4 For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
26 He willkch. 11:12; 13:2; 18:3 raise a signal for nations afar off,
andlch. 7:18; Zech. 10:8 whistle for themmch. 10:3; Deut. 28:49 from the ends of the earth;
and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
27 nSee ch. 10:28-31 None is weary, none stumbles,
none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
not a sandal strap broken;
28 oPs. 7:12, 13 their arrows are sharp,
all their bows bent,
their horses' hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheelspch. 21:1 like the whirlwind.
29 Their roaring is like a lion,
like young lions they roar;
they growl andqSee 2 Kgs. 18:13-16 seize their prey;
they carry it off, and none can rescue.
30 They will growl over it on that day,
like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
behold,rch. 8:22 darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.