Fixed all 4 versions to have every book
This commit is contained in:
@@ -1,129 +1,97 @@
|
||||
Song of the Vineyard
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 5
|
||||
1. I will sing about the one I love,
|
||||
a song about my loved one's vineyard:
|
||||
1 I will sing about the one I love,
|
||||
a song about my loved one’s vineyard:
|
||||
The one I love had a vineyard
|
||||
on a very fertile hill.
|
||||
|
||||
2. He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,
|
||||
2 He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,
|
||||
and planted it with the finest vines.
|
||||
|
||||
He built a tower in the middle of it
|
||||
and even dug out a winepress there.
|
||||
He expected it to yield good grapes,
|
||||
but it yielded worthless grapes.
|
||||
|
||||
3. So now, residents of Jerusalem
|
||||
3 So now, residents of Jerusalem
|
||||
and men of Judah,
|
||||
please judge between me
|
||||
and my vineyard.
|
||||
|
||||
4. What more could I have done for my vineyard
|
||||
4 What more could I have done for my vineyard
|
||||
than I did?
|
||||
Why, when I expected a yield of good grapes,
|
||||
did it yield worthless grapes?
|
||||
|
||||
5. Now I will tell you
|
||||
5 Now I will tell you
|
||||
what I am about to do to my vineyard:
|
||||
I will remove its hedge,
|
||||
and it will be consumed;
|
||||
I will tear down its wall,
|
||||
and it will be trampled.
|
||||
|
||||
6. I will make it a wasteland.
|
||||
6 I will make it a wasteland.
|
||||
It will not be pruned or weeded;
|
||||
thorns and briers will grow up.
|
||||
|
||||
I will also give orders to the clouds
|
||||
that rain should not fall on it.
|
||||
|
||||
7. For the vineyard of the Lord of Armies
|
||||
7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Armies
|
||||
is the house of Israel,
|
||||
and the men of Judah,
|
||||
the plant he delighted in.
|
||||
|
||||
He expected justice
|
||||
but saw injustice;
|
||||
he expected righteousness
|
||||
but heard cries of despair.
|
||||
|
||||
Judah's Sins Denounced
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
8. Woe to those who add house to house
|
||||
8 Woe to those who add house to house
|
||||
and join field to field
|
||||
until there is no more room
|
||||
and you alone are left in the land.
|
||||
|
||||
9. I heard the Lord of Armies say:
|
||||
9 I heard the Lord of Armies say:
|
||||
Indeed, many houses will become desolate,
|
||||
grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.
|
||||
|
||||
10. For a ten-acre vineyard will yield
|
||||
10 For a ten-acre vineyard will yield
|
||||
only six gallons of wine,
|
||||
and ten bushels of seed will yield
|
||||
only one bushel of grain.
|
||||
|
||||
11. Woe to those who rise early in the morning
|
||||
11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning
|
||||
in pursuit of beer,
|
||||
who linger into the evening,
|
||||
inflamed by wine.
|
||||
|
||||
12. At their feasts they have lyre, harp,
|
||||
12 At their feasts they have lyre, harp,
|
||||
tambourine, flute, and wine.
|
||||
|
||||
They do not perceive the Lord's actions,
|
||||
They do not perceive the Lord’s actions,
|
||||
and they do not see the work of his hands.
|
||||
|
||||
13. Therefore my people will go into exile
|
||||
13 Therefore my people will go into exile
|
||||
because they lack knowledge;
|
||||
her dignitaries are starving,
|
||||
and her masses are parched with thirst.
|
||||
|
||||
14. Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat
|
||||
14 Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat
|
||||
and opens wide its enormous jaws,
|
||||
and down go Zion's dignitaries, her masses,
|
||||
and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses,
|
||||
her crowds, and those who celebrate in her!
|
||||
|
||||
15. Humanity is brought low, each person is humbled,
|
||||
15 Humanity is brought low, each person is humbled,
|
||||
and haughty eyes are humbled.
|
||||
|
||||
16. But the Lord of Armies is exalted by his justice,
|
||||
16 But the Lord of Armies is exalted by his justice,
|
||||
and the holy God demonstrates his holiness through his righteousness.
|
||||
|
||||
17. Lambs will graze
|
||||
17 Lambs will graze
|
||||
as if in their own pastures,
|
||||
and resident aliens will eat
|
||||
among the ruins of the rich.
|
||||
|
||||
18. Woe to those who drag iniquity
|
||||
18 Woe to those who drag iniquity
|
||||
with cords of deceit
|
||||
and pull sin along with cart ropes,
|
||||
|
||||
19. to those who say,
|
||||
"Let him hurry up and do his work quickly
|
||||
19 to those who say,
|
||||
“Let him hurry up and do his work quickly
|
||||
so that we can see it!
|
||||
Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take place
|
||||
so that we can know it!"
|
||||
|
||||
20. Woe to those who call evil good
|
||||
so that we can know it!”
|
||||
20 Woe to those who call evil good
|
||||
and good evil,
|
||||
who substitute darkness for light
|
||||
and light for darkness,
|
||||
who substitute bitter for sweet
|
||||
and sweet for bitter.
|
||||
|
||||
21. Woe to those who consider themselves wise
|
||||
21 Woe to those who consider themselves wise
|
||||
and judge themselves clever.
|
||||
|
||||
22. Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,
|
||||
22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine,
|
||||
who are champions at pouring beer,
|
||||
|
||||
23. who acquit the guilty for a bribe
|
||||
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe
|
||||
and deprive the innocent of justice.
|
||||
|
||||
24. Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw
|
||||
24 Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw
|
||||
and as dry grass shrivels in the flame,
|
||||
so their roots will become like something rotten
|
||||
and their blossoms will blow away like dust,
|
||||
@@ -131,41 +99,30 @@ for they have rejected
|
||||
the instruction of the Lord of Armies,
|
||||
and they have despised
|
||||
the word of the Holy One of Israel.
|
||||
|
||||
25. Therefore the Lord's anger burned against his people.
|
||||
25 Therefore the Lord’s anger burned against his people.
|
||||
He raised his hand against them and struck them;
|
||||
the mountains quaked,
|
||||
and their corpses were like garbage in the streets.
|
||||
In all this, his anger has not turned away,
|
||||
and his hand is still raised to strike.
|
||||
|
||||
26. He raises a signal flag for the distant nations
|
||||
26 He raises a signal flag for the distant nations
|
||||
and whistles for them from the ends of the earth.
|
||||
Look--how quickly and swiftly they come!
|
||||
|
||||
27. None of them grows weary or stumbles;
|
||||
Look—how quickly and swiftly they come!
|
||||
27 None of them grows weary or stumbles;
|
||||
no one slumbers or sleeps.
|
||||
|
||||
No belt is loose
|
||||
and no sandal strap broken.
|
||||
|
||||
28. Their arrows are sharpened,
|
||||
28 Their arrows are sharpened,
|
||||
and all their bows strung.
|
||||
Their horses' hooves are like flint;
|
||||
Their horses’ hooves are like flint;
|
||||
their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
|
||||
|
||||
29. Their roaring is like a lion's;
|
||||
29 Their roaring is like a lion’s;
|
||||
they roar like young lions;
|
||||
they growl and seize their prey
|
||||
and carry it off,
|
||||
and no one can rescue it.
|
||||
|
||||
30. On that day they will roar over it,
|
||||
30 On that day they will roar over it,
|
||||
like the roaring of the sea.
|
||||
When one looks at the land,
|
||||
there will be darkness and distress;
|
||||
light will be obscured by clouds.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
light will be obscured by clouds.
|
||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user