Isaiah 5:1-7 5Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.  2 He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines;  he built a watch-tower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it;  he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.  3 And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah,  judge between me and my vineyard.  4 What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it?  When I expected it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?  5 And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard.  I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured;  I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.  6 I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed,  and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns;  I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.  7 For the vineyard of the Lord ofhosts is the house of Israel,  and the people of Judah are his pleasant planting;  he expected justice, but saw bloodshed;  righteousness, but heard a cry! The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.