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I will make it a wasteland.
It will not be pruned or hoed.
So briers and thorns will shoot up.
I will also command the clouds not to pour rain on it.

Yes, the vineyard of the Lord of Armies is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah are the planting that was pleasing to him.
He expected justice, but instead there was oppression.
He expected righteousness, but there was an outcry.

Woe to the Wicked

Woe to you[a] who join house to house,
who connect field to field, until there is no room left,
except room for you alone to live in the middle of the land!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 5:8 Or how terrible it will be for you

I will make it a wasteland,(A)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns(B) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain(C) on it.”

The vineyard(D) of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,(E) but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness,(F) but heard cries of distress.(G)

Woes and Judgments

Woe(H) to you who add house to house
    and join field to field(I)
till no space is left
    and you live alone in the land.

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