And he fenced it, and gathered out the stonesthereof, and planted it with the choicestvine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and alsomade a winepresstherein: and he lookedthat it shouldbringforthgrapes, and it broughtforthwildgrapes.
Whatcouldhavebeendonemore to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I lookedthat it shouldbringforthgrapes, brought it forthwildgrapes?
And now go to; I willtell you what I will do to my vineyard: I willtakeaway the hedgethereof, and it shall be eaten up; and breakdown the wallthereof, and it shall be troddendown:
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but thereshallcome up briers and thorns: I willalsocommand the cloudsthattheyrain no rainupon it.
For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasantplant: and he looked for judgment, but beholdoppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in theirfeasts: but theyregard not the work of the LORD, neitherconsider the operation of his hands.
Thereforehellhathenlargedherself, and opened her mouthwithoutmeasure: and theirglory, and theirmultitude, and theirpomp, and he thatrejoiceth, shalldescendinto it.
That say, Let him makespeed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israeldrawnigh and come, that we may know it!
Therefore as the firedevoureth the stubble, and the flameconsumeth the chaff, so theirrootshall be as rottenness, and theirblossomshall go up as dust: becausetheyhavecastaway the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore is the anger of the LORDkindledagainst his people, and he hathstretchedforth his handagainstthem, and hathsmittenthem: and the hills did tremble, and theircarcasesweretorn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turnedaway, but his hand is stretched out still.
Noneshall be weary nor stumbleamongthem; noneshallslumber nor sleep; neithershall the girdle of theirloins be loosed, nor the latchet of theirshoes be broken:
Theirroaringshall be like a lion, theyshallroarlikeyounglions: yea, theyshallroar, and lay hold of the prey, and shallcarry it awaysafe, and noneshalldeliver it.
And in that day theyshallroaragainstthemlike the roaring of the sea: and if one lookunto the land, beholddarkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavensthereof.