Now will I sing
to my wellbeloved
a song
of my beloved
touching his vineyard.
My wellbeloved
hath a vineyard
in a very fruitful
hill:
And he fenced
it, and gathered out the stones
thereof, and planted
it with the choicest vine,
and built
a tower
in the midst
of it, and also made
a winepress
therein: and he looked
that it should bring forth
grapes,
and it brought forth
wild grapes.
fence by a palisade
ἐχαράκωσα
echarakōsa
Sorekh
σωρηχ
sōrēch
vat fronting a wine press
προλήνιον
prolēnion
And now, O inhabitants
of Jerusalem,
and men
of Judah,
judge,
I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
What could have been done
more to my vineyard,
that I have not done
in it? wherefore,
when I looked
that it should bring forth
grapes,
brought it forth
wild grapes?
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:
plunder
διαρπαγήν
diarpagēn
trampling
καταπάτημα
katapatēma
And I will lay
it waste:
it shall not be pruned,
nor digged;
but there shall come up
briers
and thorns:
I will also command
the clouds
that they rain
no rain
upon it.
cut
τμηθῇ
tmēthē
dry land
χέρσον
cherson
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.
Woe
unto them that join
house
to house,
that lay
field
to field,
till there be no
place,
that they may be placed
alone in the midst
of the earth!
In mine ears
said the LORD
of hosts,
Of a truth
many
houses
shall be desolate,
even great
and fair,
without inhabitant.
Yea,
ten
acres
of vineyard
shall yield
one
bath,
and the seed
of an homer
shall yield
an ephah.
Woe
unto them that rise up early
in the morning,
that they may follow
strong drink;
that continue
until night,
till wine
inflame
them!
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.
stringed instrument
ψαλτηρίου
psaltēriou
drum
τυμπάνων
tympanōn
Therefore my people
are gone into captivity,
because they have no knowledge:
and their honourable
men
are famished,
and their multitude
dried up
with thirst.
aware
εἰδέναι
eidenai
thirst
δίψαν
dipsan
Therefore hell
hath enlarged
herself,
and opened
her mouth
without measure:
and their glory,
and their multitude,
and their pomp,
and he that rejoiceth,
shall descend
into it.
And the mean man
shall be brought down,
and the mighty man
shall be humbled,
and the eyes
of the lofty
shall be humbled:
But the LORD
of hosts
shall be exalted
in judgment,
and God
that is holy
shall be sanctified
in righteousness.
Then shall the lambs
feed
after their manner,
and the waste places
of the fat ones
shall strangers
eat.
Woe
unto them that draw
iniquity
with cords
of vanity,
and sin
as it were with a cart
rope:
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 nigh
and come,
that we may know
it!
Woe
unto 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!
Woe
unto them that are wise
in their own eyes,
and prudent
in their own sight!
Woe
unto them that are mighty
to drink
wine,
and men
of strength
to mingle
strong drink:
Which justify
the wicked
for
reward,
and take away
the righteousness
of the righteous
from him!
Therefore as the fire
devoureth
the stubble,
and the flame
consumeth
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.
burn up
συγκαυθήσεται
synkauthēsetai
dust
χνοῦς
chnous
Therefore is the anger
of the LORD
kindled
against his people,
and he hath stretched forth
his hand
against them, and hath smitten
them: and the hills
did tremble,
and their carcases
were torn
in the midst
of the streets.
For all this his anger
is not turned away,
but his hand
is stretched out
still.
dead body
θνησιμαῖα
thnēsimaia
And he will lift up
an ensign
to the nations
from far,
and will hiss
unto them from the end
of the earth:
and, behold, they shall come
with speed
swiftly:
None shall be weary
nor stumble
among them; none shall slumber
nor sleep;
neither shall the girdle
of their loins
be loosed,
nor the latchet
of their shoes
be broken:
Whose arrows
are sharp,
and all their bows
bent,
their horses'
hoofs
shall be counted
like flint,
and their wheels
like a whirlwind:
bend
ἐντεταμένα
entetamena
squall descending from above
καταιγίς
kataigis
Their roaring
shall be like a lion,
they shall roar
like young lions:
yea, they shall roar,
and lay hold
of the prey,
and shall carry it away safe,
and none shall deliver
it.
cub
σκύμνος
skymnos
And in that day
they shall roar
against them like the roaring
of the sea:
and if one look
unto the land,
behold darkness
and sorrow,
and the light
is darkened
in the heavens
thereof.
rise in waves
κυμαινούσης
kymainousēs
