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The song of the vineyard

Isaiah 5:1–7Cleared and planted · Wild grapes · Hedge removed and rain withheld

1. 1 Fertile hill cleared choice vines, tower and winepress

   He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it. He… — Isaiah 5:1–2 · WEB

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2. 2 Only wild grapes despite careful tending

   What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to yield grapes, did it yield wild grapes? — Isaiah 5:3–4 · WEB

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3. 3 Hedge and wall removed briers grow and rain is withheld

   I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on… — Isaiah 5:5–6 · WEB

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4. 4 The vineyard identified as Israel and Judah

   For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression… — Isaiah 5:7 · WEB

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