Psalm 80:8-15

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You removed a ^avine from Egypt;

You ^bdrove out the ¹nations and then You ^cplanted it.

You ^acleared the ground before it,

And it ^btook deep root and filled the land.

The mountains were covered with its shadow,

And ¹the cedars of God with its ^aboughs.

It sent out its branches ^ato the sea

And its shoots to the River.

Why have You ^abroken down its ¹hedges,

So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?

A boar from the forest ^adevours it

And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

O God of hosts, ^areturn now, we beseech You;

^bLook down from heaven and see, and visit this vine,

Even the ¹^asapling which Your right hand has planted,

And on the ²son whom You have ³strengthened for Yourself.

Isaiah 5:1-7

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The Song of the Vineyard

Let me sing now for my well‑beloved

A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard.

My well‑beloved had a ^avineyard on ¹a fertile hill.

He dug it all around, removed its stones,

And planted it with ¹the ^achoicest vine.

And He built a tower in the middle of it

And also hewed out a ²wine vat in it;

Then He ^bhoped for it to produce good grapes,

But it produced only ³worthless ones.

“So now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah,

^aPlease judge between Me and My vineyard.

^aWhat more was there to do for My vineyard ¹that I have not done in it?

Why, when I hoped for it to produce good grapes did it produce ²worthless ones?

So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard:

I will ^aremove its hedge, and it will be consumed;

I will ^bbreak down its wall, and it will become ^ctrampled ground.

I will ^alay it waste;

It will not be pruned or hoed,

But briars and thorns will come up.

I will also command the clouds to ^brain no rain on it.”

For the ^avineyard of Yahweh of hosts is the house of Israel

And the men of Judah His delightful plant.

Thus He hoped for justice, but behold, ^bbloodshed;

For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

Isaiah 27:2

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In that day,

“A ¹^avineyard of delight, sing of it!

Jeremiah 2:21

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Yet I ^aplanted you a choice vine,

A completely true seed.

How then have you turned yourself before Me

Into the ^bdegenerate shoots of a foreign vine?