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1. Now I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a rich and fertile hill.
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1. Now H4994 will I sing H7891 to my well H3039 -beloved a song H7892 of my beloved H1730 touching his vineyard H3754 . My well H3039 -beloved hath H1961 a vineyard H3754 in a very fruitful hill H1121 H8081 H7161 :
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2. He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with the best vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were bitter.
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2. And he fenced H5823 it , and gathered out the stones H5619 thereof , and planted H5193 it with the choicest vine H8321 , and built H1129 a tower H4026 in the midst H8432 of it , and also H1571 made H2672 a winepress H3342 therein : and he looked H6960 that it should bring forth H6213 grapes H6025 , and it brought forth H6213 wild grapes H891 .
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3. Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you judge between me and my vineyard.
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3. And now H6258 , O inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 , and men H376 of Judah H3063 , judge H8199 , I pray you H4994 , between H996 me and my vineyard H3754 .
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4. What more could I have done for my vineyard that I have not already done? When I expected sweet grapes, why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?
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4. What H4100 could have been done H6213 more H5750 to my vineyard H3754 , that I have not H3808 done H6213 in it? wherefore H4069 , when I looked H6960 that it should bring forth H6213 grapes H6025 , brought it forth H6213 wild grapes H891 ?
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5. Now let me tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will tear down its hedges and let it be destroyed. I will break down its walls and let the animals trample it.
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5. And now H6258 go to ; I will tell H3045 H4994 you H853 what H834 I H589 will do H6213 to my vineyard H3754 : I will take away H5493 the hedge H4881 thereof , and it shall be H1961 eaten up H1197 ; and break down H6555 the wall H1447 thereof , and it shall be H1961 trodden down H4823 :
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6. I will make it a wild place where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed, a place overgrown with briers and thorns. I will command the clouds to drop no rain on it.
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6. And I will lay H7896 it waste H1326 : it shall not H3808 be pruned H2167 , nor H3808 digged H5737 ; but there shall come up H5927 briers H8068 and thorns H7898 : I will also command H6680 H5921 the clouds H5645 that they rain no rain H4480 H4305 H4306 upon H5921 it.
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7. The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven's Armies. The people of Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence.
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7. For H3588 the vineyard H3754 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is the house H1004 of Israel H3478 , and the men H376 of Judah H3063 his pleasant H8191 plant H5194 : and he looked H6960 for judgment H4941 , but behold H2009 oppression H4939 ; for righteousness H6666 , but behold H2009 a cry H6818 .
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8. What sorrow for you who buy up house after house and field after field, until everyone is evicted and you live alone in the land.
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8. Woe H1945 unto them that join H5060 house H1004 to house H1004 , that lay H7126 field H7704 to field H7704 , till H5704 there be no H657 place H4725 , that they may be placed H3427 alone H905 in the midst H7130 of the earth H776 !
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9. But I have heard the LORD of Heaven's Armies swear a solemn oath: "Many houses will stand deserted; even beautiful mansions will be empty.
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9. In mine ears H241 said the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , Of a truth H518 H3808 many H7227 houses H1004 shall be H1961 desolate H8047 , even great H1419 and fair H2896 , without H4480 H369 inhabitant H3427 .
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10. Ten acres of vineyard will not produce even six gallons of wine. Ten baskets of seed will yield only one basket of grain."
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10. Yea H3588 , ten H6235 acres H6776 of vineyard H3754 shall yield H6213 one H259 bath H1324 , and the seed H2233 of a homer H2563 shall yield H6213 an ephah H374 .
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11. What sorrow for those who get up early in the morning looking for a drink of alcohol and spend long evenings drinking wine to make themselves flaming drunk.
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11. Woe H1945 unto them that rise up early H7925 in the morning H1242 , that they may follow H7291 strong drink H7941 ; that continue H309 until night H5399 , till wine H3196 inflame H1814 them!
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12. They furnish wine and lovely music at their grand parties-- lyre and harp, tambourine and flute-- but they never think about the LORD or notice what he is doing.
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12. And the harp H3658 , and the viol H5035 , the tabret H8596 , and pipe H2485 , and wine H3196 , are H1961 in their feasts H4960 : but they regard H5027 not H3808 the work H6467 of the LORD H3068 , neither H3808 consider H7200 the operation H4639 of his hands H3027 .
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13. So my people will go into exile far away because they do not know me. Those who are great and honored will starve, and the common people will die of thirst.
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13. Therefore H3651 my people H5971 are gone into captivity H1540 , because they have no H4480 H1097 knowledge H1847 : and their honorable H3519 men H4962 are famished H7458 , and their multitude H1995 dried up H6704 with thirst H6772 .
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14. The grave is licking its lips in anticipation, opening its mouth wide. The great and the lowly and all the drunken mob will be swallowed up.
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14. Therefore H3651 hell H7585 hath enlarged H7337 herself H5315 , and opened H6473 her mouth H6310 without H1097 measure H2706 : and their glory H1926 , and their multitude H1995 , and their pomp H7588 , and he that rejoiceth H5938 , shall descend H3381 into it.
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15. Humanity will be destroyed, and people brought down; even the arrogant will lower their eyes in humiliation.
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15. And the mean man H120 shall be brought down H7817 , and the mighty man H376 shall be humbled H8213 , and the eyes H5869 of the lofty H1364 shall be humbled H8213 :
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16. But the LORD of Heaven's Armies will be exalted by his justice. The holiness of God will be displayed by his righteousness.
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16. But the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 shall be exalted H1361 in judgment H4941 , and God H410 that is holy H6918 shall be sanctified H6942 in righteousness H6666 .
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17. In that day lambs will find good pastures, and fattened sheep and young goats will feed among the ruins.
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17. Then shall the lambs H3532 feed H7462 after their manner H1699 , and the waste places H2723 of the fat ones H4220 shall strangers H1481 eat H398 .
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18. What sorrow for those who drag their sins behind them with ropes made of lies, who drag wickedness behind them like a cart!
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18. Woe H1945 unto them that draw H4900 iniquity H5771 with cords H2256 of vanity H7723 , and sin H2402 as it were with a cart H5699 rope H5688 :
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19. They even mock God and say, "Hurry up and do something! We want to see what you can do. Let the Holy One of Israel carry out his plan, for we want to know what it is."
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19. That say H559 , Let him make speed H4116 , and hasten H2363 his work H4639 , that H4616 we may see H7200 it : and let the counsel H6098 of the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 draw nigh H7126 and come H935 , that we may know H3045 it !
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20. What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.
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20. Woe H1945 unto them that call H559 evil H7451 good H2896 , and good H2896 evil H7451 ; that put H7760 darkness H2822 for light H216 , and light H216 for darkness H2822 ; that put H7760 bitter H4751 for sweet H4966 , and sweet H4966 for bitter H4751 !
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21. What sorrow for those who are wise in their own eyes and think themselves so clever.
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21. Woe H1945 unto them that are wise H2450 in their own eyes H5869 , and prudent H995 in H5048 their own sight H6440 !
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22. What sorrow for those who are heroes at drinking wine and boast about all the alcohol they can hold.
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22. Woe H1945 unto them that are mighty H1368 to drink H8354 wine H3196 , and men H376 of strength H2428 to mingle H4537 strong drink H7941 :
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23. They take bribes to let the wicked go free, and they punish the innocent.
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23. Which justify H6663 the wicked H7563 for H6118 reward H7810 , and take away H5493 the righteousness H6666 of the righteous H6662 from H4480 him!
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24. Therefore, just as fire licks up stubble and dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will rot and their flowers wither. For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven's Armies; they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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24. Therefore H3651 as the fire H784 devoureth H398 the stubble H7179 , and the flame H3852 consumeth H7503 the chaff H2842 , so their root H8328 shall be H1961 as rottenness H4716 , and their blossom H6525 shall go up H5927 as dust H80 : because H3588 they have cast away H3988 H853 the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , and despised H5006 the word H565 of the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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25. That is why the LORD's anger burns against his people, and why he has raised his fist to crush them. The mountains tremble, and the corpses of his people litter the streets like garbage. But even then the LORD's anger is not satisfied. His fist is still poised to strike!
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25. Therefore H5921 H3651 is the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 kindled H2734 against his people H5971 , and he hath stretched forth H5186 his hand H3027 against H5921 them , and hath smitten H5221 them : and the hills H2022 did tremble H7264 , and their carcasses H5038 were torn H1961 H5478 in the midst H7130 of the streets H2351 . For all H3605 this H2063 his anger H639 is not H3808 turned away H7725 , but his hand H3027 is stretched out H5186 still H5750 .
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26. He will send a signal to distant nations far away and whistle to those at the ends of the earth. They will come racing toward Jerusalem.
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26. And he will lift up H5375 an ensign H5251 to the nations H1471 from far H4480 H7350 , and will hiss H8319 unto them from the end H4480 H7097 of the earth H776 : and, behold H2009 , they shall come H935 with speed H4120 swiftly H7031 :
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27. They will not get tired or stumble. They will not stop for rest or sleep. Not a belt will be loose, not a sandal strap broken.
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27. None H369 shall be weary H5889 nor H369 stumble H3782 among them; none H3808 shall slumber H5123 nor H3808 sleep H3462 ; neither H3808 shall the girdle H232 of their loins H2504 be loosed H6605 , nor H3808 the latchet H8288 of their shoes H5275 be broken H5423 :
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28. Their arrows will be sharp and their bows ready for battle. Sparks will fly from their horses' hooves, and the wheels of their chariots will spin like a whirlwind.
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28. Whose H834 arrows H2671 are sharp H8150 , and all H3605 their bows H7198 bent H1869 , their horses H5483 ' hooves H6541 shall be counted H2803 like flint H6864 , and their wheels H1534 like a whirlwind H5492 :
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29. They will roar like lions, like the strongest of lions. Growling, they will pounce on their victims and carry them off, and no one will be there to rescue them.
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29. Their roaring H7581 shall be like a lion H3833 , they shall roar H7580 like young lions H3715 : yea , they shall roar H5098 , and lay hold H270 of the prey H2964 , and shall carry it away safe H6403 , and none H369 shall deliver H5337 it .
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30. They will roar over their victims on that day of destruction like the roaring of the sea. If someone looks across the land, only darkness and distress will be seen; even the light will be darkened by clouds.
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30. And in that H1931 day H3117 they shall roar H5098 against H5921 them like the roaring H5100 of the sea H3220 : and if one look H5027 unto the land H776 , behold H2009 darkness H2822 and sorrow H6862 , and the light H216 is darkened H2821 in the heavens H6183 thereof.
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