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“So now, you inhabitants[a] of Jerusalem
    and men of Judah,
judge, won’t you please,
    between me and my vineyard.
What more could I do in[b] my vineyard,
    that I haven’t already done?
When I expected it to produce good[c] grapes,
    why did it yield[d] wild ones?[e]

“Now, let me tell you, won’t you please,
    what I’m going to do to my vineyard.

“I’m going to take away its protective hedge,
    and it will be devoured;[f]
I’ll break down its wall,
    and it will be trampled.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:3 So 1QIsaa; MT reads inhabitant
  2. Isaiah 5:4 So 1QIsaa; MT reads for
  3. Isaiah 5:4 1QIsaa MT lack good
  4. Isaiah 5:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read produce
  5. Isaiah 5:4 I.e. grapes unsuitable for wine making
  6. Isaiah 5:5 So 1QIsaa; MT reads will be for devouring; LXX reads will be for plundering