27 So they went out to the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trampled them, and held a festival; and they went into the house of (A)their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.

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27 After they had gone out into the fields and gathered the grapes and trodden(A) them, they held a festival in the temple of their god.(B) While they were eating and drinking, they cursed Abimelek.

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The (A)new wine mourns,
The vine decays,
All the joyful-hearted sigh.

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The new wine dries up(A) and the vine withers;(B)
    all the merrymakers groan.(C)

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11 Therefore because you impose heavy [a]rent on the poor
And take a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built (A)houses of cut stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted beautiful vineyards, yet you will (B)not drink their wine.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:11 Or tax

11 You levy a straw tax on the poor(A)
    and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,(B)
    you will not live in them;(C)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
    you will not drink their wine.(D)

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17 And in all the (A)vineyards there is mourning,
Because I will pass through the midst of you,” says the Lord.

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17 There will be wailing(A) in all the vineyards,
    for I will pass through(B) your midst,”
says the Lord.(C)

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