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Now will I sing[H7891] to my wellbeloved[H3039] a song[H7892] of my beloved[H1730] touching his vineyard[H3754]. My wellbeloved[H3039] hath a vineyard[H3754] in a very fruitful[H1121]hill[H7161]:
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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 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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And now, O inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], and men[H376] of Judah[H3063], judge[H8199], I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard[H3754].
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What could have been done[H6213] more to my vineyard[H3754], that I have not 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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And now go to; I will tell[H3045] you what I will do[H6213] to my vineyard[H3754]: I will take away[H5493] the hedge[H4881] thereof, and it shall be eaten up[H1197]; and break down[H6555] the wall[H1447] thereof, and it shall be trodden down[H4823]:
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And I will lay[H7896] it waste[H1326]: it shall not be pruned[H2168], nor digged[H5737]; but there shall come up[H5927]briers[H8068] and thorns[H7898]: I will also command[H6680] the clouds[H5645] that they rain[H4305] no rain[H4306] upon it.
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For 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 oppression[H4939]; for righteousness[H6666], but behold a cry[H6818].
8Woe[H1945] unto them that join[H5060]house[H1004] to house[H1004], that lay[H7126]field[H7704] to field[H7704], till there be no[H657]place[H4725], that they may be placed[H3427] alone in the midst[H7130] of the earth[H776]!
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In mine ears[H241] said the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], Of a truth[H3808]many[H7227]houses[H1004] shall be desolate[H8047], even great[H1419] and fair[H2896], without inhabitant[H3427].
10Yea[H3588], ten[H6235]acres[H6776] of vineyard[H3754] shall yield[H6213]one[H259]bath[H1324], and the seed[H2233] of an homer[H2563] shall yield[H6213] an ephah[H374].
11Woe[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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And the harp[H3658], and the viol[H5035], the tabret[H8596], and pipe[H2485], and wine[H3196], are in their feasts[H4960]: but they regard[H5027] not the work[H6467] of the LORD[H3068], neither consider[H7200] the operation[H4639] of his hands[H3027].
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Therefore my people[H5971] are gone into captivity[H1540], because they have no knowledge[H1847]: and their honourable[H3519]men[H4962] are famished[H7458], and their multitude[H1995] dried up[H6704] with thirst[H6772].
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Therefore hell[H7585] hath enlarged[H7337]herself[H5315], and opened[H6473] her mouth[H6310] without 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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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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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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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].
18Woe[H1945] unto them that draw[H4900]iniquity[H5771] with cords[H2256] of vanity[H7723], and sin[H2403] as it were with a cart[H5699]rope[H5688]:
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That say[H559], Let him make speed[H4116], and hasten[H2363] his work[H4639], that 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!
20Woe[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]!
21Woe[H1945] unto them that are wise[H2450] in their own eyes[H5869], and prudent[H995] in their own sight[H6440]!
22Woe[H1945] unto them that are mighty[H1368] to drink[H8354]wine[H3196], and men[H582] of strength[H2428] to mingle[H4537] strong drink[H7941]:
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Which justify[H6663] the wicked[H7563]for[H6118]reward[H7810], and take away[H5493] the righteousness[H6666] of the righteous[H6662] from him!
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Therefore as the fire[H784]devoureth[H398] the stubble[H7179], and the flame[H3956]consumeth[H7503] the chaff[H2842], so their root[H8328] shall be as rottenness[H4716], and their blossom[H6525] shall go up[H5927] as dust[H80]: because they have cast away[H3988] 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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Therefore is the anger[H639] of the LORD[H3068]kindled[H2734] against his people[H5971], and he hath stretched forth[H5186] his hand[H3027] against them, and hath smitten[H5221] them: and the hills[H2022] did tremble[H7264], and their carcases[H5038] were torn[H5478] in the midst[H7130] of the streets[H2351]. For all this his anger[H639] is not turned away[H7725], but his hand[H3027] is stretched out[H5186] still.
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And he will lift up[H5375] an ensign[H5251] to the nations[H1471] from far[H7350], and will hiss[H8319] unto them from the end[H7097] of the earth[H776]: and, behold, they shall come[H935] with speed[H4120]swiftly[H7031]:
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None shall be weary[H5889] nor stumble[H3782] among them; none shall slumber[H5123] nor sleep[H3462]; neither shall the girdle[H232] of their loins[H2504] be loosed[H6605], nor the latchet[H8288] of their shoes[H5275] be broken[H5423]:
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Whose arrows[H2671] are sharp[H8150], and all their bows[H7198]bent[H1869], their horses[H5483]' hoofs[H6541] shall be counted[H2803] like flint[H6862], and their wheels[H1534] like a whirlwind[H5492]:
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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 shall deliver[H5337] it.
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And in that day[H3117] they shall roar[H5098] against them like the roaring[H5100] of the sea[H3220]: and if one look[H5027] unto the land[H776], behold darkness[H2822] and sorrow[H6862], and the light[H216] is darkened[H2821] in the heavens[H6183] thereof.