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He dug and cleared the field
    and planted the best grapevines there.
He built a tower in the middle
    and cut a winepress into the stone.
He expected good grapes to grow there,
    but there were only rotten ones.

My friend said, “You people living in Jerusalem and you people of Judah,[a]
    think about me and my vineyard.
What more could I do for my vineyard?
    I did everything I could.
I hoped for good grapes to grow,
    but there were only rotten ones.
    Why did that happen?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:3 You people … Judah Or “Rulers of Jerusalem and leader of Judah ….”

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