“Have I been a desert to Israel
    or a land of great darkness?^(A)
Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam;
    we will come to you no more’?^(B)

⁴ What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?^(A)
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?^(B)

³ “My people, what have I done to you?
    How have I burdened^(A) you?^(B) Answer me.