1: Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
2: He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; and he looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
Confrontation
3: And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.
4: What more was there to do for my vineyard, that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes?
Judgement
5: And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
6: I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Epilogue
7: For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, an outcry!
2: In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel.
3: And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who has been recorded for life in Jerusalem,
A Cleansing
4: when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.
A Covering
5: Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be a canopy.
6: There will be a booth for shade by day from the heat, and for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.
1: For behold, the Lord God of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water;
2: the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder,
3: the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms.
4: And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them.
Disruption
5: And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable.
6: For a man will take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying: “You have a cloak; you shall be our leader, and this heap of ruins shall be under your rule”;
7: in that day he will speak out, saying: “I will not be a healer; in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; you shall not make me leader of the people.”
Shame
8: For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.
9: For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.
10: Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11: Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
12: My people—infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your guides mislead you and they have swallowed up the course of your paths.
Judgement
13: The Lord has taken his place to contend; he stands to judge peoples.
14: The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: “It is you who have devoured the vineyard, the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15: What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?” declares the Lord God of hosts.
12: For the LORD of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
13: against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up; and against all the oaks of Bashan;
14: against all the lofty mountains, and against all the uplifted hills;
15: against every high tower, and against every fortified wall;
16: against all the ships of Tarshish, and against all the beautiful craft.
17: And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled, and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
18: And the idols shall utterly pass away.
The Effect of Divine Terror
19: And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.
20: In that day mankind will cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats,
21: to enter the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.
22: Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?
6: For you have rejected your people, the house of Jacob, because they are full of things from the east and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines, and they strike hands with the children of foreigners.
7: Their land is filled with silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is filled with horses, and there is no end to their chariots.
8: Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.
The Curse of Humiliation
9: So man is humbled, and each one is brought low—do not forgive them!
10: Enter into the rock and hide in the dust from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty.
11: The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
1: Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.
2: But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.
3: Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel.
4: And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.
5: And he shall be their peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men;
6: They shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our border.
7: Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which delay not for a man nor wait for the children of man.
8: And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which, when it goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
9: Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.
10: And in that day, declares the Lord, I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots;
11: And I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds;
12: And I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and you shall have no more tellers of fortunes;
13: And I will cut off your carved images and your pillars from among you, and you shall bow down no more to the work of your hands;
14: And I will root out your Asherah images from among you and destroy your cities.
15: And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance on the nations that did not obey.
1: The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2: Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me.
3: The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.”
4: Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.
5: Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6: From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.
7: Your country lies desolate; your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence foreigners devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
8: And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
9: If the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.
The Insufficiency of Sacrifice
10: Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
11: “What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats.
12: When you come to appear before me, who has required of you this trampling of my courts?
13: Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations— I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.
14: Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.
15: When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
16: Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil,
17: learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.
The Nature of Redemption
18: “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
19: If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;
20: but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
The Certainty of Vengeance
21: How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
22: Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water.
23: Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow’s cause does not come to them.
24: Therefore the Lord declares, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: “Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.
25: I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.
26: And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city.”
27: Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
28: But rebels and sinners shall be broken together, and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29: For they shall be ashamed of the oaks that you desired; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.
30: For you shall be like an oak whose leaf withers, and like a garden without water.
31: And the strong shall become tinder, and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them.
1: Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, 2: covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. 3: He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind; 4: he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire.
The Security Our God Creates
5: He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. 6: You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. 7: At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight. 8: The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them. 9: You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
The Care Our God Provides
10: You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills; 11: they give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. 12: Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches. 13: From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work. 14: You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth 15: and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread to strengthen man’s heart. 16: The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. 17: In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees. 18: The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers. 19: He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. 20: You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about. 21: The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God. 22: When the sun rises, they steal away and lie down in their dens. 23: Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening. 24: O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 25: Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great. 26: There go the ships, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it. 27: These all look to you, to give them their food in due season. 28: When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things. 29: When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 30: When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground. 31: May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works, 32: who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke! 33: I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. 34: May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord. 35: Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more! Bless the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!