Isaiah 5:6-8

New International Reader's Version

⁶I will turn my vineyard into a dry and empty desert.
    It will not be pruned or taken care of.
    Thorns and bushes will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain on it.”

⁷The vineyard of the Lord who rules over all
    is the nation of Israel.
The people of Judah
    are the vines he took delight in.
He kept looking for them to do what is fair.
    But all he saw was blood being spilled.
He kept looking for them to do what is right.
    But all he heard were cries of suffering.

The Lord Judges His Vineyard

⁸How terrible it will be for you who get too many houses!
How terrible for you who get too many fields!
Finally there won’t be any space left in the land.
Then you will live all alone.

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