⁸ You dug up a vine from Egypt;
you drove out the nations and planted it.^(A)

¹¹ Solomon owned a vineyard in Baal-hamon.^(A)
He leased the vineyard to tenants.^(B)
Each was to bring for his fruit
one thousand pieces of silver.^(C)
12 I have my own vineyard.^[a](D)
The one thousand are for you, Solomon,
but two hundred for those who take care of its fruits.