Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
Let
me
sing,
I pray
you,
for
my beloved,
A song of my beloved as
to
his vineyard :
My beloved
hath a vineyard in a 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 fenceth
it, and casteth
out its
stones, And planteth
it `
with '
a
choice
vine, And buildeth
a tower in its
midst, And also a wine
press
hath
hewn
out
in
it,
And he waiteth
for
the
yielding
of
grapes, And it yieldeth
bad
ones!
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 inhabitant
of Jerusalem, and man
of Judah, Judge, I pray you, between
me and my vineyard.
And now, O inhabitants
of Jerusalem, and men
of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt
me and my vineyard.
What --
to
do
still
to my vineyard, That I have not done in it !
Wherefore, I waited
to
the
yielding
of
grapes, And
it yieldeth
bad
ones!
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 ,
pray,
let
me
cause
you
to know,
That
which
I am
doing
to my vineyard ,
To
turn
aside
its
hedge, And it hath
been
for
consumption,
To
break down its
wall, And it hath
been
for
a
treading-place.
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 make
it a
waste ,
It is
not pruned, nor arranged,
And
gone
up have
brier
and
thorn,
And on
the thick
clouds I
lay
a
charge,
From
raining
upon it rain
.
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.
Because
the vineyard of Jehovah
of Hosts `
Is '
the house of Israel, And the man
of Judah His pleasant plant ,
And He waiteth
for judgment, and
lo,
oppression ,
For righteousness, and
lo,
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.
Wo
`to'
those
joining
house to house, Field to field they
bring
near
, till there is
no place, And
ye
have
been
settled
by
yourselves
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
!
By
the weapons
of
Jehovah
of Hosts Do
not
many houses a
desolation
become?
Great and good
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 do
yield one bath, And an homer of
seed
yieldeth
an ephah.
Yea,
ten acres of vineyard shall
yield one bath, and the
seed
of
an homer shall
yield
an ephah.
Wo
`to'
those
rising
early in the morning, Strong drink they
pursue!
Tarrying
in
twilight
, wine inflameth
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 harp, and psaltery
, tabret, and pipe, And wine, have
been
their banquets,
And
the work of Jehovah
they
behold
not,
Yea
, the work
of His hands they
have
not
seen
.
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 removed
without
knowledge
, And its
honourable ones
are famished, And its
multitude dried up of
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 hath Sheol
enlarged herself, And hath
opened her mouth without limit.
And gone
down
hath
its
honour
, and its
multitude, And its
noise
, and its
exulting
one
--
into her
.
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 bowed
down
is
the low
, and humbled
the high
, And the eyes of the haughty
become
low,
And the mean
man
shall
be
brought
down
, and the mighty
man
shall
be
humbled
, and the eyes of the lofty
shall
be
humbled:
And
Jehovah
of Hosts is
high
in judgment, And the
Holy
God sanctified in righteousness ,
But
the
LORD
of hosts shall
be
exalted
in judgment, and God that
is
holy
shall
be
sanctified in righteousness .
And
fed
have
lambs according
to
their leading
, And waste places of the fat ones Do
sojourners
consume
.
Then
shall
the
lambs feed
after
their manner
, and the
waste places of the fat ones shall
strangers
eat
.
Wo
`to'
those
drawing
out
iniquity with cords of vanity, And as `
with '
thick
ropes
of
the
cart --
sin.
Woe
unto
them
that
draw
iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin
as it
were
with a
cart rope:
Who
are
saying
, `
Let Him hurry
, Let
Him
hasten His work, that we may see ,
And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel Draw near
and come, and
we know .'
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!
Wo
`to'
those
saying
to
evil `
good, '
And to
good `
evil ,'
Putting
darkness for light, and light for darkness ,
Putting
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 !
Wo
`to'
the
wise in their own eyes, And --
before
their own faces
--
intelligent
!
Woe
unto
them
that
are
wise in their own eyes, and prudent
in
their own sight
!
Wo
`to'
the
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 :
Declaring
righteous
the wicked for a
bribe
, And the righteousness of the righteous They
turn
aside
from him .
Which
justify
the wicked for reward
, and take
away
the righteousness of the righteous from him !
Therefore ,
as a
tongue
of
fire devoureth stubble, And flaming
hay
falleth
, Their root is
as muck
, And their flower
as dust goeth
up.
Because they have rejected
the law of Jehovah
of Hosts, And the saying
of the Holy One of Israel despised
.
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 hath
the anger of Jehovah
burned
among
His people, And He stretcheth
out
His hand against it
, And smiteth
it,
and the mountains
tremble, And their carcase
is
as
filth
in the midst of the out-places
. With
all this His anger did
not turn
back
, And
still
His hand is stretched out !
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 lifted
up an ensign to nations afar
off
, And hissed
to
it
from the end of the earth ,
And lo
, with
haste
, swift
it
cometh.
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:
There
is
none weary ,
nor stumbling
in
it,
It
doth
not
slumber ,
nor sleep ,
Nor
opened
hath
been
the girdle of its
loins, Nor drawn
away
the latchet of its
sandals.
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 its
bows bent, Hoofs
of
its
horses as
flint have
been
reckoned
, And its
wheels as
a hurricane!
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their
bows bent, their
horses '
hoofs
shall
be
counted
like
flint, and their
wheels like
a whirlwind:
Its
roaring `is'
like a lioness
, It
roareth
like young lions, And
it
howleth
, and seizeth
prey, And carrieth
away safely
, and there
is
none delivering
.
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 it
howleth
against
it
in that day as
the howling
of a
sea ,
And it
hath
looked
attentively
to
the land, And
lo,
darkness --
distress
, And light hath
been
darkened by
its
abundance!
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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