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Now I will tell you
    what I am going to do to my vineyard.
I will take away its fence.
    And the vineyard will be destroyed.
I will break down its wall.
    And people will walk all over my vineyard.
I will turn my vineyard into a dry and empty desert.
    It will not be pruned or taken care of.
    Thorns and bushes will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain on it.”

The vineyard of the Lord who rules over all
    is the nation of Israel.
The people of Judah
    are the vines he took delight in.
He kept looking for them to do what is fair.
    But all he saw was blood being spilled.
He kept looking for them to do what is right.
    But all he heard were cries of suffering.

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