⁶ I will let it go to waste;
    it will be neither pruned nor hoed,
    but left overgrown with briars and thorns.
I will also command the clouds
    not to allow any rain to fall upon it.
⁷ The vineyard of the Lord of hosts
    is the house of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the plant he cherished.
He expected justice but found bloodshed;
    he expected righteousness but heard cries of distress.

⁸ Woe to you who add house to house
    and join field to field
until there is no further space remaining
    and you are left to dwell alone
    in the midst of the land.