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1. Now will I sing to my well beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well beloved has a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
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1. Now H4994 will I sing H7891 to my well H3039 -beloved a song H7892 of my beloved H1730 touching his vineyard H3754 . My well H3039 -beloved hath H1961 a vineyard H3754 in a very fruitful hill H1121 H8081 H7161 :
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2. And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the middle of it, and also made a wine press therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
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2. And he fenced H5823 it , and gathered out the stones H5619 thereof , and planted H5193 it with the choicest vine H8321 , and built H1129 a tower H4026 in the midst H8432 of it , and also H1571 made H2672 a winepress H3342 therein : and he looked H6960 that it should bring forth H6213 grapes H6025 , and it brought forth H6213 wild grapes H891 .
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3. And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
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3. And now H6258 , O inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 , and men H376 of Judah H3063 , judge H8199 , I pray you H4994 , between H996 me and my vineyard H3754 .
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4. What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? why, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
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4. What H4100 could have been done H6213 more H5750 to my vineyard H3754 , that I have not H3808 done H6213 in it? wherefore H4069 , when I looked H6960 that it should bring forth H6213 grapes H6025 , brought it forth H6213 wild grapes H891 ?
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5. And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
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5. And now H6258 go to ; I will tell H3045 H4994 you H853 what H834 I H589 will do H6213 to my vineyard H3754 : I will take away H5493 the hedge H4881 thereof , and it shall be H1961 eaten up H1197 ; and break down H6555 the wall H1447 thereof , and it shall be H1961 trodden down H4823 :
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6. And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dig; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.
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6. And I will lay H7896 it waste H1326 : it shall not H3808 be pruned H2167 , nor H3808 digged H5737 ; but there shall come up H5927 briers H8068 and thorns H7898 : I will also command H6680 H5921 the clouds H5645 that they rain no rain H4480 H4305 H4306 upon H5921 it.
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7. For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
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7. For H3588 the vineyard H3754 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 is the house H1004 of Israel H3478 , and the men H376 of Judah H3063 his pleasant H8191 plant H5194 : and he looked H6960 for judgment H4941 , but behold H2009 oppression H4939 ; for righteousness H6666 , but behold H2009 a cry H6818 .
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8. Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the middle of the earth!
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8. Woe H1945 unto them that join H5060 house H1004 to house H1004 , that lay H7126 field H7704 to field H7704 , till H5704 there be no H657 place H4725 , that they may be placed H3427 alone H905 in the midst H7130 of the earth H776 !
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9. In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
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9. In mine ears H241 said the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , Of a truth H518 H3808 many H7227 houses H1004 shall be H1961 desolate H8047 , even great H1419 and fair H2896 , without H4480 H369 inhabitant H3427 .
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10. Yes, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
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10. Yea H3588 , ten H6235 acres H6776 of vineyard H3754 shall yield H6213 one H259 bath H1324 , and the seed H2233 of a homer H2563 shall yield H6213 an ephah H374 .
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11. Woe to them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
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11. Woe H1945 unto them that rise up early H7925 in the morning H1242 , that they may follow H7291 strong drink H7941 ; that continue H309 until night H5399 , till wine H3196 inflame H1814 them!
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12. And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
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12. And the harp H3658 , and the viol H5035 , the tabret H8596 , and pipe H2485 , and wine H3196 , are H1961 in their feasts H4960 : but they regard H5027 not H3808 the work H6467 of the LORD H3068 , neither H3808 consider H7200 the operation H4639 of his hands H3027 .
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13. Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
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13. Therefore H3651 my people H5971 are gone into captivity H1540 , because they have no H4480 H1097 knowledge H1847 : and their honorable H3519 men H4962 are famished H7458 , and their multitude H1995 dried up H6704 with thirst H6772 .
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14. Therefore hell has enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoices, shall descend into it.
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14. Therefore H3651 hell H7585 hath enlarged H7337 herself H5315 , and opened H6473 her mouth H6310 without H1097 measure H2706 : and their glory H1926 , and their multitude H1995 , and their pomp H7588 , and he that rejoiceth H5938 , shall descend H3381 into it.
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15. And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
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15. And the mean man H120 shall be brought down H7817 , and the mighty man H376 shall be humbled H8213 , and the eyes H5869 of the lofty H1364 shall be humbled H8213 :
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16. But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
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16. But the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 shall be exalted H1361 in judgment H4941 , and God H410 that is holy H6918 shall be sanctified H6942 in righteousness H6666 .
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17. Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
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17. Then shall the lambs H3532 feed H7462 after their manner H1699 , and the waste places H2723 of the fat ones H4220 shall strangers H1481 eat H398 .
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18. Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
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18. Woe H1945 unto them that draw H4900 iniquity H5771 with cords H2256 of vanity H7723 , and sin H2402 as it were with a cart H5699 rope H5688 :
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19. That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!
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19. That say H559 , Let him make speed H4116 , and hasten H2363 his work H4639 , that H4616 we may see H7200 it : and let the counsel H6098 of the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 draw nigh H7126 and come H935 , that we may know H3045 it !
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20. Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
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20. Woe H1945 unto them that call H559 evil H7451 good H2896 , and good H2896 evil H7451 ; that put H7760 darkness H2822 for light H216 , and light H216 for darkness H2822 ; that put H7760 bitter H4751 for sweet H4966 , and sweet H4966 for bitter H4751 !
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21. Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
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21. Woe H1945 unto them that are wise H2450 in their own eyes H5869 , and prudent H995 in H5048 their own sight H6440 !
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22. Woe to them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
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22. Woe H1945 unto them that are mighty H1368 to drink H8354 wine H3196 , and men H376 of strength H2428 to mingle H4537 strong drink H7941 :
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23. Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
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23. Which justify H6663 the wicked H7563 for H6118 reward H7810 , and take away H5493 the righteousness H6666 of the righteous H6662 from H4480 him!
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24. Therefore as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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24. Therefore H3651 as the fire H784 devoureth H398 the stubble H7179 , and the flame H3852 consumeth H7503 the chaff H2842 , so their root H8328 shall be H1961 as rottenness H4716 , and their blossom H6525 shall go up H5927 as dust H80 : because H3588 they have cast away H3988 H853 the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , and despised H5006 the word H565 of the Holy One H6918 of Israel H3478 .
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25. Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched forth his hand against them, and has smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn in the middle of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
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25. Therefore H5921 H3651 is the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 kindled H2734 against his people H5971 , and he hath stretched forth H5186 his hand H3027 against H5921 them , and hath smitten H5221 them : and the hills H2022 did tremble H7264 , and their carcasses H5038 were torn H1961 H5478 in the midst H7130 of the streets H2351 . For all H3605 this H2063 his anger H639 is not H3808 turned away H7725 , but his hand H3027 is stretched out H5186 still H5750 .
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26. And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss to them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
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26. And he will lift up H5375 an ensign H5251 to the nations H1471 from far H4480 H7350 , and will hiss H8319 unto them from the end H4480 H7097 of the earth H776 : and, behold H2009 , they shall come H935 with speed H4120 swiftly H7031 :
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27. None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the lace of their shoes be broken:
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27. None H369 shall be weary H5889 nor H369 stumble H3782 among them; none H3808 shall slumber H5123 nor H3808 sleep H3462 ; neither H3808 shall the girdle H232 of their loins H2504 be loosed H6605 , nor H3808 the latchet H8288 of their shoes H5275 be broken H5423 :
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28. Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
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28. Whose H834 arrows H2671 are sharp H8150 , and all H3605 their bows H7198 bent H1869 , their horses H5483 ' hooves H6541 shall be counted H2803 like flint H6864 , and their wheels H1534 like a whirlwind H5492 :
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29. Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yes, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
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29. Their roaring H7581 shall be like a lion H3833 , they shall roar H7580 like young lions H3715 : yea , they shall roar H5098 , and lay hold H270 of the prey H2964 , and shall carry it away safe H6403 , and none H369 shall deliver H5337 it .
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30. And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
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30. And in that H1931 day H3117 they shall roar H5098 against H5921 them like the roaring H5100 of the sea H3220 : and if one look H5027 unto the land H776 , behold H2009 darkness H2822 and sorrow H6862 , and the light H216 is darkened H2821 in the heavens H6183 thereof.
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