⁹ You brought a vine^[a] out of Egypt;
    you drove out nations and planted it.
¹⁰ You cleared out what was before it;
    it took deep root and filled the land.
¹¹ The mountains were covered by its shadow,
    the cedars of God by its branches.
¹² It sent out its boughs as far as the sea,^[b]
    its shoots as far as the river.
¹³ Why have you broken down its walls,
    so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?^(A)
14 The boar from the forest strips the vine;
    the beast of the field feeds upon it.^(B)
15 Turn back again, God of hosts;
    look down from heaven and see;
Visit this vine,
¹⁶     the stock your right hand has planted,
    and the son^[c] whom you made strong for yourself.
¹⁷ Those who would burn or cut it down—
    may they perish at your rebuke.

¹ Now let me sing of my friend,
    my beloved’s song about his vineyard.
My friend had a vineyard
    on a fertile hillside;
² He spaded it, cleared it of stones,
    and planted the choicest vines;
Within it he built a watchtower,
    and hewed out a wine press.
Then he waited for the crop of grapes,
    but it yielded rotten grapes.^(A)
3 Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem, people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard:
⁴ What more could be done for my vineyard
    that I did not do?^(B)
Why, when I waited for the crop of grapes,
    did it yield rotten grapes?
⁵ Now, I will let you know
    what I am going to do to my vineyard:
Take away its hedge, give it to grazing,
    break through its wall, let it be trampled!^[b]
6 Yes, I will make it a ruin:
    it shall not be pruned or hoed,
    but will be overgrown with thorns and briers;
I will command the clouds
    not to rain upon it.
⁷ The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
    the people of Judah, his cherished plant;
He waited for judgment, but see, bloodshed!
    for justice, but hark, the outcry!^[c]

²¹ But I had planted you as a choice vine,
    all pedigreed stock;
How could you turn out so obnoxious to me,
    a spurious vine?^(A)

⁵ Then he took some native seed
    and planted it in fertile soil;
A shoot beside plentiful waters,
    like a willow he planted it,^(A)
6 That it might sprout and become a vine,
    dense and low-lying,
With its branches turned toward him,
    its roots beneath it.
Thus it became a vine, produced branches,
    and put forth shoots.
⁷ Then another great eagle appeared,
    with wide wingspan, rich in plumage,
And see! This vine bent its roots to him,
    sent out branches for him to water.
From the bed where it was planted,^(B)
8     it was transplanted to a fertile field
By abundant waters, to produce branches,
    to bear fruit, to become a majestic vine.
⁹ Say: Thus says the Lord God: Can it thrive?
Will he not tear up its roots
    and strip its fruit?
Then all its green leaves will wither—
    neither strong arm nor mighty nation
    is needed to uproot it.
¹⁰ True, it is planted; but will it thrive?
    Will it not wither up
When the east wind strikes it,
    wither in the very bed where it sprouted?^(C)

¹⁰ Your mother was like a leafy vine^[a]
    planted by water,
Fruitful and full of branches
    because of abundant water.