1. I will sing about the one I love,a song about my loved one’s vineyard: The one I love had a vineyardon a very fertile hill.
2. He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,and planted it with the finest vines. He built a tower in the middle of itand even dug out a winepress there.He expected it to yield good grapes,but it yielded worthless grapes.
3. So now, residents of Jerusalemand men of Judah,please judge between Meand My vineyard.
4. What more could I have done for My vineyardthan I did? Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes,did it yield worthless grapes?
5. Now I will tell youwhat I am about to do to My vineyard:I will remove its hedge, and it will be consumed;I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled.