Nowwill I singto my well-beloved a songof my belovedtouching his vineyard. My well-beloved hatha vineyardin a very fruitful hill: And he fencedit, and gathered out the stonesthereof, and plantedit with the choicest vine, and builta towerin the midstof it, and alsomadea winepresstherein: and he lookedthat it should bring forthgrapes, and it brought forthwild grapes. And now, O inhabitantsof Jerusalem, and menof Judah, judge, I pray you, betweenme and my vineyard. Whatcould have been donemoreto my vineyard, that I have notdonein it? wherefore, when I lookedthat it should bring forthgrapes, brought it forthwild grapes? And nowgo to; I will tellyou whatIwill doto my vineyard: I will take awaythe hedgethereof, and it shall beeaten up; and break downthe wallthereof, and it shall betrodden down: And I will layit waste: it shall notbe pruned, nordigged; but there shall come upbriersand thorns: I will also commandthe cloudsthat they rain no rainuponit. Forthe vineyardof the LORDof hosts is the houseof Israel, and the menof Judahhis pleasantplant: and he lookedfor judgment, but beholdoppression; for righteousness, but beholda cry. Woeunto them that joinhouseto house, that layfieldto field, till there be noplace, that they may be placedalonein the midstof the earth! In mine ears said the LORDof hosts, Of a truthmanyhousesshall bedesolate, even greatand fair, withoutinhabitant. Yea, tenacresof vineyardshall yieldonebath, and the seedof a homershall yieldan ephah. Woeunto them that rise up earlyin the morning, that they may followstrong drink; that continueuntil night, till wineinflamethem! And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, arein their feasts: but they regardnotthe workof the LORD, neitherconsiderthe operationof his hands. Thereforemy peopleare gone into captivity, because they have noknowledge: and their honorablemen are famished, and their multitudedried upwith thirst. Thereforehellhath enlargedherself, and openedher mouthwithoutmeasure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descendinto it. And the mean manshall be brought down, and the mighty manshall be humbled, and the eyesof the loftyshall be humbled: But the LORDof hostsshall be exaltedin judgment, and Godthat is holyshall be sanctifiedin righteousness. Then shall the lambsfeedafter their manner, and the waste placesof the fat onesshall strangerseat. Woeunto them that drawiniquitywith cordsof vanity, and sinas it were with a cartrope: That say, Let him make speed, and hastenhis work, thatwe may see it : and let the counselof the Holy Oneof Israeldraw nighand come, that we may know it ! Woeunto them that callevilgood, and goodevil; that putdarknessfor light, and lightfor darkness; that putbitterfor sweet, and sweetfor bitter! Woeunto them that are wisein their own eyes, and prudentintheir own sight! Woeunto them that are mightyto drinkwine, and menof strengthto minglestrong drink: Which justifythe wickedforreward, and take awaythe righteousnessof the righteousfromhim! Thereforeas the firedevoureththe stubble, and the flameconsumeththe chaff, so their rootshall beas rottenness, and their blossomshall go upas dust: becausethey have cast awaythe lawof the LORDof hosts, and despisedthe wordof the Holy Oneof Israel. Thereforeis the angerof the LORDkindledagainst his people, and he hath stretched forthhis handagainstthem, and hath smittenthem: and the hillsdid tremble, and their carcasses were tornin the midstof the streets. For allthishis angeris notturned away, but his hand is stretched outstill. And he will lift upan ensignto the nationsfrom far, and will hissunto them from the endof the earth: and, behold, they shall comewith speedswiftly: Noneshall be wearynorstumbleamong them; noneshall slumbernorsleep; neithershall the girdleof their loinsbe loosed, northe latchetof their shoesbe broken: Whosearrows are sharp, and alltheir bowsbent, their horses' hoovesshall be countedlike flint, and their wheelslike a whirlwind: Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roarlike young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay holdof the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and noneshall deliver it . And in thatdaythey shall roaragainstthem like the roaringof the sea: and if one lookunto the land, beholddarkness and sorrow, and the lightis darkenedin the heavensthereof.