<vn='1'><sn="4994">Now</s> will I <sn="7891">sing</s> to my <sn="3039">well</s> -beloved a <sn="7892">song</s> of my <sn="1730">beloved</s> touching his <sn="3754">vineyard</s>. My <sn="3039">well</s> -beloved <sn="1961">hath</s> a <sn="3754">vineyard</s> in a very fruitful <sn="1121 8081 7161">hill</s>: </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="5823">fenced</s> it, and gathered out the <sn="5619">stones</s> thereof, and <sn="5193">planted</s> it with the choicest <sn="8321">vine</s>, and <sn="1129">built</s> a <sn="4026">tower</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of it, and <sn="1571">also</s><sn="2672">made</s> a <sn="3342">winepress</s> therein: and he <sn="6960">looked</s> that it should bring <sn="6213">forth</s><sn="6025">grapes</s>, and it brought <sn="6213">forth</s> wild <sn="891">grapes</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="6258">now</s>, O <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="8199">judge</s>, I pray <sn="4994">you</s>, <sn="996">between</s> me and my <sn="3754">vineyard</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="4100">What</s> could have been <sn="6213">done</s><sn="5750">more</s> to my <sn="3754">vineyard</s>, that I have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">done</s> in it? <sn="4069">wherefore</s>, when I <sn="6960">looked</s> that it should bring <sn="6213">forth</s><sn="6025">grapes</s>, brought it <sn="6213">forth</s> wild <sn="891">grapes</s>? </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="6258">now</s> go to; I will <sn="3045 4994">tell</s> you <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">what</s><sn="589">I</s> will <sn="6213">do</s> to my <sn="3754">vineyard</s>: I will take <sn="5493">away</s> the <sn="4881">hedge</s> thereof, and it shall <sn="1961">be</s> eaten <sn="1197">up</s>; and break <sn="6555">down</s> the <sn="1447">wall</s> thereof, and it shall <sn="1961">be</s> trodden <sn="4823">down</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>And I will <sn="7896">lay</s> it <sn="1326">waste</s>: it shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="2167">pruned</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="5737">digged</s>; but there shall come <sn="5927">up</s><sn="8068">briers</s> and <sn="7898">thorns</s>: I will also <sn="6680 5921">command</s> the <sn="5645">clouds</s> that they rain no <sn="4480 4305 4306">rain</s><sn="5921">upon</s> it. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3754">vineyard</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> is the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> his <sn="8191">pleasant</s><sn="5194">plant</s>: and he <sn="6960">looked</s> for <sn="4941">judgment</s>, but <sn="2009">behold</s><sn="4939">oppression</s>; for <sn="6666">righteousness</s>, but <sn="2009">behold</s> a <sn="6818">cry</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1945">Woe</s> unto them that <sn="5060">join</s><sn="1004">house</s> to <sn="1004">house</s>, that <sn="7126">lay</s><sn="7704">field</s> to <sn="7704">field</s>, <sn="5704">till</s> there be <sn="657">no</s><sn="4725">place</s>, that they may be <sn="3427">placed</s><sn="905">alone</s> in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>! </v>
<vn='9'>In mine <sn="241">ears</s> said the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, Of a <sn="518 3808">truth</s><sn="7227">many</s><sn="1004">houses</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="8047">desolate</s>, even <sn="1419">great</s> and <sn="2896">fair</s>, <sn="4480 369">without</s><sn="3427">inhabitant</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">Yea</s>, <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="6776">acres</s> of <sn="3754">vineyard</s> shall <sn="6213">yield</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="1324">bath</s>, and the <sn="2233">seed</s> of a <sn="2563">homer</s> shall <sn="6213">yield</s> an <sn="374">ephah</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1945">Woe</s> unto them that rise up <sn="7925">early</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, that they may <sn="7291">follow</s> strong <sn="7941">drink</s>; that <sn="309">continue</s> until <sn="5399">night</s>, till <sn="3196">wine</s><sn="1814">inflame</s> them! </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="3658">harp</s>, and the <sn="5035">viol</s>, the <sn="8596">tabret</s>, and <sn="2485">pipe</s>, and <sn="3196">wine</s>, <sn="1961">are</s> in their <sn="4960">feasts</s>: but they <sn="5027">regard</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="6467">work</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="7200">consider</s> the <sn="4639">operation</s> of his <sn="3027">hands</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> my <sn="5971">people</s> are gone into <sn="1540">captivity</s>, because they have <sn="4480 1097">no</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s>: and their <sn="3519">honorable</s><sn="4962">men</s> are <sn="7458">famished</s>, and their <sn="1995">multitude</s> dried <sn="6704">up</s> with <sn="6772">thirst</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="7585">hell</s> hath <sn="7337">enlarged</s><sn="5315">herself</s>, and <sn="6473">opened</s> her <sn="6310">mouth</s><sn="1097">without</s><sn="2706">measure</s>: and their <sn="1926">glory</s>, and their <sn="1995">multitude</s>, and their <sn="7588">pomp</s>, and he that <sn="5938">rejoiceth</s>, shall <sn="3381">descend</s> into it. </v>
<vn='15'>And the mean <sn="120">man</s> shall be brought <sn="7817">down</s>, and the mighty <sn="376">man</s> shall be <sn="8213">humbled</s>, and the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of the <sn="1364">lofty</s> shall be <sn="8213">humbled</s>: </v>
<vn='16'>But the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> shall be <sn="1361">exalted</s> in <sn="4941">judgment</s>, and <sn="410">God</s> that is <sn="6918">holy</s> shall be <sn="6942">sanctified</s> in <sn="6666">righteousness</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Then shall the <sn="3532">lambs</s><sn="7462">feed</s> after their <sn="1699">manner</s>, and the waste <sn="2723">places</s> of the fat <sn="4220">ones</s> shall <sn="1481">strangers</s><sn="398">eat</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1945">Woe</s> unto them that <sn="4900">draw</s><sn="5771">iniquity</s> with <sn="2256">cords</s> of <sn="7723">vanity</s>, and <sn="2402">sin</s> as it were with a <sn="5699">cart</s><sn="5688">rope</s>: </v>
<vn='19'>That <sn="559">say</s>, Let him make <sn="4116">speed</s>, and <sn="2363">hasten</s> his <sn="4639">work</s>, <sn="4616">that</s> we may <sn="7200">see</s> it: and let the <sn="6098">counsel</s> of the Holy <sn="6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> draw <sn="7126">nigh</s> and <sn="935">come</s>, that we may <sn="3045">know</s> it! </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1945">Woe</s> unto them that <sn="559">call</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="2896">good</s>, and <sn="2896">good</s><sn="7451">evil</s>; that <sn="7760">put</s><sn="2822">darkness</s> for <sn="216">light</s>, and <sn="216">light</s> for <sn="2822">darkness</s>; that <sn="7760">put</s><sn="4751">bitter</s> for <sn="4966">sweet</s>, and <sn="4966">sweet</s> for <sn="4751">bitter</s>! </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1945">Woe</s> unto them that are <sn="2450">wise</s> in their own <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and <sn="995">prudent</s><sn="5048">in</s> their own <sn="6440">sight</s>! </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1945">Woe</s> unto them that are <sn="1368">mighty</s> to <sn="8354">drink</s><sn="3196">wine</s>, and <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="2428">strength</s> to <sn="4537">mingle</s> strong <sn="7941">drink</s>: </v>
<vn='23'>Which <sn="6663">justify</s> the <sn="7563">wicked</s><sn="6118">for</s><sn="7810">reward</s>, and take <sn="5493">away</s> the <sn="6666">righteousness</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s><sn="4480">from</s> him! </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3651">Therefore</s> as the <sn="784">fire</s><sn="398">devoureth</s> the <sn="7179">stubble</s>, and the <sn="3852">flame</s><sn="7503">consumeth</s> the <sn="2842">chaff</s>, so their <sn="8328">root</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> as <sn="4716">rottenness</s>, and their <sn="6525">blossom</s> shall go <sn="5927">up</s> as <sn="80">dust</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> they have cast <sn="3988">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8451">law</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, and <sn="5006">despised</s> the <sn="565">word</s> of the Holy <sn="6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s> is the <sn="639">anger</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2734">kindled</s> against his <sn="5971">people</s>, and he hath stretched <sn="5186">forth</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s><sn="5921">against</s> them, and hath <sn="5221">smitten</s> them: and the <sn="2022">hills</s> did <sn="7264">tremble</s>, and their <sn="5038">carcasses</s> were <sn="1961 5478">torn</s> in the <sn="7130">midst</s> of the <sn="2351">streets</s>. For <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">this</s> his <sn="639">anger</s> is <sn="3808">not</s> turned <sn="7725">away</s>, but his <sn="3027">hand</s> is stretched <sn="5186">out</s><sn="5750">still</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And he will lift <sn="5375">up</s> an <sn="5251">ensign</s> to the <sn="1471">nations</s> from <sn="4480 7350">far</s>, and will <sn="8319">hiss</s> unto them from the <sn="4480 7097">end</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they shall <sn="935">come</s> with <sn="4120">speed</s><sn="7031">swiftly</s>: </v>
<vn='27'><sn="369">None</s> shall be <sn="5889">weary</s><sn="369">nor</s><sn="3782">stumble</s> among them; <sn="3808">none</s> shall <sn="5123">slumber</s><sn="3808">nor</s><sn="3462">sleep</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall the <sn="232">girdle</s> of their <sn="2504">loins</s> be <sn="6605">loosed</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> the <sn="8288">latchet</s> of their <sn="5275">shoes</s> be <sn="5423">broken</s>: </v>
<vn='28'><sn="834">Whose</s><sn="2671">arrows</s> are <sn="8150">sharp</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="7198">bows</s><sn="1869">bent</s>, their <sn="5483">horses</s> ' <sn="6541">hooves</s> shall be <sn="2803">counted</s> like <sn="6864">flint</s>, and their <sn="1534">wheels</s> like a <sn="5492">whirlwind</s>: </v>
<vn='29'>Their <sn="7581">roaring</s> shall be like a <sn="3833">lion</s>, they shall <sn="7580">roar</s> like young <sn="3715">lions</s>: yea, they shall <sn="5098">roar</s>, and lay <sn="270">hold</s> of the <sn="2964">prey</s>, and shall carry it away <sn="6403">safe</s>, and <sn="369">none</s> shall <sn="5337">deliver</s> it. </v>
<vn='30'>And in <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> they shall <sn="5098">roar</s><sn="5921">against</s> them like the <sn="5100">roaring</s> of the <sn="3220">sea</s>: and if one <sn="5027">look</s> unto the <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s><sn="2822">darkness</s> and <sn="6862">sorrow</s>, and the <sn="216">light</s> is <sn="2821">darkened</s> in the <sn="6183">heavens</s> thereof. </v>