Isaiah 5:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵ “Now, let me tell you, won’t you please,
    what I’m going to do to my vineyard.

“I’m going to take away its protective hedge,
    and it will be devoured;^[a]
I’ll break down its wall,
    and it will be trampled.
⁶ I’ll make it a wasteland,
    and it won’t be pruned or cultivated.
Instead, briers and thorns will grow up.
    I’ll also issue commands to the clouds,
        that they drop no rain upon it.”

⁷ For the vineyard of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies
    is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
    are the garden in which he delights.^[b]
He looked for justice,
    but saw only bloodshed;
he searched^[c] for righteousness,
    but heard only an outcry!