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