Dual Panel1I will sing <07891> to my love <03039>– a song <07892> to my lover <01730> about his vineyard <03754>. My love <03039> had a vineyard <03754> on a fertile <08081> <01121> hill <07161>.
2He built a hedge <05823> around it, removed its stones <05619>, and planted <05193> a vine <08321>. He built <01129> a tower <04026> in the middle <08432> of it, and <01571> constructed <02672> a winepress <03342>. He waited for <06960> it to produce <06213> edible grapes <06025>, but it produced <06213> sour ones <0891> instead.
3So now <06258>, residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>, people <0376> of Judah <03063>, you decide <08199> between <0996> me and <0996> my vineyard <03754>!
4What <04100> more <05750> can I do <06213> for my vineyard <03754> beyond <03808> what I have already done <06213>? When <04069> I waited <06960> for it to produce <06213> edible grapes <06025>, why did it produce <06213> sour ones <0891> instead?
5Now <06258> I will inform <03045> you what <0834> I <0589> am about to do <06213> to my vineyard <03754>: I will remove <05493> its hedge <04881> and turn <01961> it into <01961> pasture <01197>, I will break <06555> its wall <01447> and allow <01961> animals to graze <04823> there.
6I will make <07896> it a wasteland <01326>; no <03808> one will prune <02168> its vines or <03808> hoe <05737> its ground, and thorns <07898> and briers <08068> will grow <05927> there. I will order <06680> the clouds <05645> not to drop <04305> any rain <04306> on <05921> it.
7Indeed <03588> Israel <03478> <01004> is the vineyard <03754> of the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635>, the people <0376> of Judah <03063> are the cultivated place <05194> in which he took delight <08191>. He waited <06960> for justice <04941>, but look <02009> what he got– disobedience <04939>! He waited for fairness <06666>, but look <02009> what he got– cries <06818> for help!
8Those who accumulate <05060> houses <01004> are as good as dead <01945>, those who also accumulate <07126> landed property <07704> <07704> until <05704> there is no <0657> land <04725> left <0657>, and you are the only <0905> landowners remaining <03427> within <07130> the land <0776>.
9The Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635> told me this: “Many <07227> houses <01004> will certainly become <01961> desolate <08047>, large <01419>, impressive <02896> houses will have no one <0369> living <03427> in them.
10Indeed <03588>, a large <06776> <06235> vineyard <03754> will produce <06213> just a few <0259> gallons <01324>, and enough seed <02233> to yield several bushels <02563> will produce <06213> less than a bushel <0374>.”
11Those who get up <07925> early <01242> to drink beer <07941> are as good as dead <01945>, those who keep <07291> drinking long after <0309> dark <05399> until they are intoxicated <01814> with wine <03196>.
12They have stringed instruments <05035> <03658>, tambourines <08596>, flutes <02485>, and wine <03196> at their parties <04960>. So they do not <03808> recognize <05027> what the Lord <03068> is doing <06467>, they do not <03808> perceive <07200> what he is bringing about.
13Therefore <03651> my people <05971> will be deported <01540> because of their lack <01097> of understanding <01847>. Their leaders <04962> <03519> will have nothing to eat <07458>, their masses <01995> will have nothing to drink <06772>.
14So <03651> Death <07585> will open up <07337> its throat <05315>, and open <06473> wide <02706> <01097> its mouth <06310>; Zion’s dignitaries <01926> and masses <01995> will descend <03381> into it, including those who revel <07588> and celebrate <05938> within her.
15Men <0120> will be humiliated <07817>, they <0376> will be brought low <08213>; the proud <01364> <05869> will be brought low <08213>.
16The Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635> will be exalted <01361> when he punishes, the sovereign <06918> God’s <0410> authority will be recognized when he judges <06666>.
17Lambs <03532> will graze <07462> as if in their pastures <01699>, amid the ruins <02723> the rich sojourners <04220> will graze <0398> <01481>.
18Those <01945> who pull <04900> evil <05771> along using cords <02256> of emptiness <07723> are as good as dead, who pull sin <02403> as with cart <05699> ropes <05688>.
19They say <0559>, “Let him hurry <04116>, let him act <04639> quickly <02363>, so <04616> we can see <07200>; let the plan <06098> of the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478> take shape <07126> and come <0935> to pass, then we will know <03045> it!”
20Those who call <0559> evil <07451> good <02896> and good <02896> evil <07451> are as good as dead <01945>, who turn <07760> darkness <02822> into light <0216> and light <0216> into darkness <02822>, who turn <07760> bitter <04751> into sweet <04966> and sweet <04966> into bitter <04751>.
21Those who think <05869> they are wise <02450> are as good as dead <01945>, those who think <06440> <05048> they possess understanding <0995>.
22Those who are champions <01368> at drinking <08354> wine <03196> are as good as dead <01945>, who display great courage <02428> when mixing <04537> strong drinks <07941>.
23They pronounce the guilty <07563> innocent <06663> for <06118> a payoff <07810>, they ignore <05493> the just <06666> cause of the innocent <06662>.
24Therefore <03651>, as flaming <03956> fire <0784> devours <0398> straw <07179>, and dry grass <02842> disintegrates <07503> in the flames <03852>, so their root <08328> will rot <04716>, and their flower <06525> will blow away <05927> like dust <080>. For <03588> they have rejected <03988> the <0853> law <08451> of the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635>, they have spurned <05006> the <0853> commands <0565> of the Holy One <06918> of Israel <03478>.
25So <03651> the Lord <03068> is furious <0639> <02734> with his people <05971>; he lifts <05186> his hand <03027> and strikes <05221> them. The mountains <02022> shake <07264>, and corpses <05038> lie <01961> like manure <05478> in the middle <07130> of the streets <02351>. Despite all <03605> this <02063>, his anger <0639> does not <03808> subside <07725>, and his hand <03027> is ready to strike <05186> again <05750>.
26He lifts <05375> a signal flag <05251> for a distant <07350> nation <01471>, he whistles <08319> for it to come from the far regions <07097> of the earth <0776>. Look <02009>, they come <0935> quickly <04120> and swiftly <07031>.
27None <0369> tire <05889> or stumble <03782>, they don’t <03808> stop to nap <05123> or sleep <03462>. They don’t <03808> loosen <06605> their belts <02504> <0232>, or unstrap <08288> their sandals <05275> to rest <05423>.
28Their arrows <02671> are sharpened <08150>, and all <03605> their bows <07198> are prepared <01869>. The hooves <06541> of their horses <05483> are hard as <02803> flint <06862>, and their chariot wheels <01534> are like a windstorm <05492>.
29Their roar <07581> is like a lion’s <03833>; they roar <07580> like young lions <03715>. They growl <05098> and seize <0270> their prey <02964>; they drag <06403> it away <06403> and no <0369> one can come to the rescue <05337>.
30At that time <03117> they will growl <05098> over <05921> their prey, it <01931> will sound <05100> like sea <03220> waves crashing against rocks. One will look out <05027> over the land <0776> and see <02009> the darkness <02822> of disaster <06862>, clouds <06183> will turn the light <0216> into darkness <02821>.