Psalm 80:8-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it.(A)
9 You cleared a place for it;
it took root and filled the land.(B)
10 The mountains were covered by its shade,
and the mighty cedars[a] with its branches.(C)
11 It sent out sprouts toward the Sea[b]
and shoots toward the River.[c](D)
12 Why have You broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?(E)
13 The boar from the forest tears it
and creatures of the field feed on it.(F)
14 Return, God of Hosts.(G)
Look down from heaven and see;
take care of this vine,
15 the root[d] Your right hand has planted,
the shoot[e] that You made strong for Yourself.(H)
16 It was cut down and burned up;[f]
they[g] perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.(I)
Footnotes
- Psalm 80:10 Lit the cedars of God
- Psalm 80:11 = the Mediterranean
- Psalm 80:11 = the Euphrates
- Psalm 80:15 Hb obscure
- Psalm 80:15 Or son
- Psalm 80:16 Lit burned with fire
- Psalm 80:16 Or may they
Isaiah 5:1-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Song of the Vineyard
5 I will sing about the one I love,
a song about my loved one’s vineyard:(A)
The one I love had a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2 He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,
and planted it with the finest vines.(B)
He built a tower in the middle of it
and even dug out a winepress there.
He expected(C) it to yield good grapes,
but it yielded worthless grapes.(D)
3 So now, residents of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
please judge between Me
and My vineyard.
4 What more could I have done for My vineyard
than I did?(E)
Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes,
did it yield worthless grapes?
5 Now I will tell you
what I am about to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge,(F)
and it will be consumed;
I will tear down its wall,(G)
and it will be trampled.
6 I will make it a wasteland.(H)
It will not be pruned or weeded;
thorns and briers will grow up.(I)
I will also give orders to the clouds
that rain should not fall on it.
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts
is the house of Israel,(J)
and the men[a] of Judah,
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:7 Lit man
Hosea 10:1
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Vine and the Calf
10 Israel is a lush[a] vine;(A)
it yields fruit for itself.
The more his fruit increased,
the more he increased the altars.(B)
The better his land produced,
the better they made the sacred pillars.(C)
Footnotes
- Hosea 10:1 Or ravaged
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