6. I will lay it waste;It shall not be pruned or dug,But there shall come up briers and thorns.I will also command the cloudsThat they rain no rain on it.”
7. For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.
8. Woe to those who join house to house;They add field to field,Till there is no placeWhere they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
9. In my hearing the Lord of hosts said,“Truly, many houses shall be desolate,Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant.
10. For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath,And a homer of seed shall yield one ephah.”
11. Woe to those who rise early in the morning,That they may follow intoxicating drink;Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!
12. The harp and the strings,The tambourine and flute,And wine are in their feasts;But they do not regard the work of the Lord,Nor consider the operation of His hands.
13. Therefore my people have gone into captivity,Because they have no knowledge;Their honorable men are famished,And their multitude dried up with thirst.