1 ¶ Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard in the horn of the sons of oil;

I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard: My well-beloved had a vineyard upon a fruitful hill.

2 a nd he had 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 he dug it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.

3 A nd now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.

And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.

4 W hat could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Therefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes?

What was there yet to do 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?—

5 A nd now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; and break down its wall, and it shall be trodden down:

And now, let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden under foot;

6 A nd I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned, nor hoed; but briers and thorns shall come up there; I will even command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

and I will make it a waste—it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

7 F or the vineyard of the LORD of the hosts is the house of Israel and every man of Judah his pleasant plant; and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.

8 ¶ Woe unto those that join house to house, that lay field to field, until they have done away with the borders! Will ye dwell alone in the midst of the earth?

Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land!

9 I n my ears, the LORD of the hosts said, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

In mine ears Jehovah of hosts, Many houses shall assuredly become a desolation, great and excellent ones, without inhabitant.

10 F or ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.

11 W oe unto them that rise up early in the morning that they may continue their drunkenness; that continue until night until wine inflames them!

Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, wine inflameth them!

12 A nd the harp and the viol, the tambourine and flutes and wine are in their feasts; but they do not regard the work of the LORD, nor consider the work of his hands.

And harp and lyre, tambour and flute, and wine are in their banquets; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, nor do they see the operation of his hands.

13 T herefore my people are gone into captivity because they have no knowledge; their glory died of hunger, and their multitude dried up of thirst.

Therefore my people are led away captive from lack of knowledge, and their nobility die of famine, and their multitude are parched with thirst.

14 T herefore Sheol has enlarged himself and opened his mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude descended into it and their pomp and he that rejoiced in him.

Therefore doth Sheol enlarge its desire, and open its mouth without measure; and her splendour shall descend, and her multitude, and her tumult, and that is joyful within her.

15 A nd the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

And the mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and the eyes of the lofty shall be brought low;

16 B ut the LORD of the hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God, that is holy, shall be sanctified with righteousness.

and Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God hallowed in righteousness.

17 T hen the lambs shall be fed after their manner, and strangers shall eat the fat ones that are forsaken.

And the lambs shall feed as on their pasture, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

18 ¶ Woe unto those that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope,

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as with cart-ropes!

19 t hat 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 near and come that we may know it!

who say, Let him hasten, let him speed his work, that we may see; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

20 W oe unto those 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!

Woe unto them who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

21 W oe unto those that are wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight!

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and intelligent in their own esteem!

22 W oe unto those that are mighty to drink wine and men of strength to mingle strong drink;

Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink;

23 w ho justify the wicked for bribes and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!

24 T herefore as the fire devours the stubble and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go away as dust because they have cast away the law of the LORD of the hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Therefore as a tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and dry grass sinketh down in the flame, their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; for they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

25 T herefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched forth his hand against them and has smitten them; and the mountains trembled, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched out his hand against them and hath smitten them; and the mountains trembled, and their carcases are become as dung in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

26 A nd he will lift up a banner as an example to Gentiles that are far and will hiss unto those that are in the end of the earth; and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

And he will lift up a banner to the nations afar off, and will hiss for one from the end of the earth; and behold, it will come rapidly lightly.

27 N one 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;

None among them is weary, none stumbleth; they slumber not, nor sleep; none hath the girdle of his loins loosed, nor the thong of his sandals broken;

28 w hose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses’ hoofs shall be counted like flint, and the wheels of their chariots like a whirlwind;

their arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs are reckoned as the flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind.

29 t heir roaring shall be like a lion: they shall roar like young lions; they shall gnash their teeth and lay hold of the prey and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

Their roaring is like a lioness, they roar as the young lions; yea, they growl, and snatch the prey, and carry it away safe, and there is none to deliver;

30 A nd in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea; and if one looks unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

and they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. And if one look upon the earth, behold darkness distress, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.