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What more could I do in[a] my vineyard,
    that I haven’t already done?
When I expected it to produce good[b] grapes,
    why did it yield[c] wild ones?[d]

“Now, let me tell you, won’t you please,
    what I’m going to do to my vineyard.

“I’m going to take away its protective hedge,
    and it will be devoured;[e]
I’ll break down its wall,
    and it will be trampled.
I’ll make it a wasteland,
    and it won’t be pruned or cultivated.
Instead, briers and thorns will grow up.
    I’ll also issue commands to the clouds,
        that they drop no rain upon it.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads for
  2. Isaiah 5:4 1QIsaa MT lack good
  3. Isaiah 5:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read produce
  4. Isaiah 5:4 I.e. grapes unsuitable for wine making
  5. Isaiah 5:5 So 1QIsaa; MT reads will be for devouring; LXX reads will be for plundering