³¹ Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,^(A)
and the stone wall was ruined.

² He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,
and planted it with the finest vines.^(A)
He built a tower in the middle of it
and even dug out a winepress there.
He expected^(B) it to yield good grapes,
but it yielded worthless grapes.^(C)

⁴ They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.^(A)
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.^(B)