Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Let
me
sing for
my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had
a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
Now
will
I
sing to
my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath
a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
and he digged
it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed
out
a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
And he fenced
it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made
a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem ,
and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I
will
break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
And now go
to;
I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and
break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
and I will lay it waste ;
it shall not be pruned nor hoed
; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
And I will lay it waste :
it shall not be pruned ,
nor digged
; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
For the vineyard of Jehovah
of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice
, but ,
behold ,
oppression; for righteousness, but ,
behold ,
a cry.
For the vineyard of the
LORD
of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment
, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room
, and
ye
be made
to
dwell
alone in the midst of the land
!
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place
, that
they
may
be placed
alone in the midst of the earth
!
In mine ears `saith'
Jehovah
of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
In mine ears said
the
LORD
of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
For
ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a
homer
of
seed shall yield `but'
an ephah.
Yea,
ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the
seed of
an
homer
shall yield an ephah.
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry
late
into
the
night, till wine inflame them!
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue
until
night, till wine inflame them!
And the harp and the lute
, the tabret and the
pipe, and wine, are `
in '
their feasts ;
but they regard not the work of Jehovah
, neither have
they
considered
the operation of his hands.
And the harp ,
and the viol
, the tabret ,
and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts :
but they regard not the work of the
LORD
, neither consider
the operation of his hands.
Therefore my people are gone into captivity for
lack
of
knowledge ;
and their honorable
men are famished, and their multitude are
parched
with thirst.
Therefore my people are gone into captivity ,
because
they
have
no
knowledge :
and their honourable
men are famished, and their multitude dried
up
with thirst.
Therefore Sheol
hath enlarged its
desire
, and opened its
mouth without measure ;
and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among
them
, descend `
into it '
.
Therefore hell
hath enlarged herself
, and opened her
mouth without measure :
and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall
descend into it.
And the mean man is
bowed
down, and the great
man is
humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are
humbled:
And the mean man shall
be
brought
down, and the mighty
man shall
be
humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall
be
humbled:
but Jehovah
of hosts is
exalted in justice
, and God the
Holy
One
is sanctified in righteousness.
But the
LORD
of hosts shall
be
exalted in judgment
, and God that
is holy
shall
be
sanctified in righteousness.
Then shall the lambs feed as
in
their pasture
, and the waste places of the fat ones shall wanderers
eat.
Then shall the lambs feed after
their manner
, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers
eat.
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood
, and sin as it were with a cart rope ;
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity
, and sin as it were with a cart rope :
that say, Let him make speed, let
him
hasten his work, that we may see it ;
and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
That say, Let him make speed, and
hasten his work, that we may see it :
and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink ;
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink :
that
justify the wicked for a
bribe
, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Which
justify the wicked for reward
, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Therefore as the tongue
of
fire devoureth the stubble, and as
the dry
grass
sinketh
down
in
the
flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust ;
because they have rejected
the law of Jehovah
of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth
the
chaff
, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust :
because they have cast
away
the law of the
LORD
of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Therefore is the anger of Jehovah
kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them ;
and the mountains
tremble, and their dead
bodies
are
as
refuse
in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Therefore is the anger of the
LORD
kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them :
and the hills
did
tremble, and their carcases
were
torn
in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for
them from the end of the earth ;
and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly .
And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto
them from the end of the earth :
and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly :
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent ;
their horses' hoofs shall be accounted
as
flint, and their wheels as
a whirlwind:
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent ,
their horses' hoofs shall be counted
like
flint, and their wheels like
a whirlwind:
their roaring shall be like a lioness
, they shall roar like young lions ;
yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there
shall
be
none to
deliver.
Their roaring shall be like a lion
, they shall roar like young lions :
yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall
carry it away safe, and none shall
deliver it
.
And they shall roar against them in
that
day
like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold ,
darkness `
and '
distress;
and the light is darkened in the clouds
thereof.
And in
that
day
they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow,
and the light is darkened in the heavens
thereof.
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