He dug H5823 it all H5823 around H5823, removed H5619 its stones H5619,
And planted H5193 it with [fn]the choicest H8321 vine H8321.
And He built H1129 a tower H4026 in the middle H8432 of it
And also H1571 hewed H2672 out a [fn]wine H3342 vat H3342 in it;
Then He hoped H6960 for it to produce H6213 good grapes H6025,
For the vineyard H3754 of Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635 is the house H1004 of Israel H3478
And the men H376 of Judah H3063 His delightful H8191 plant H5194.
Thus He hoped H6960 for justice H4941, but behold H2009, bloodshed H4939;
For righteousness H6666, but behold H2009, a cry H6818 of H6818 distress H6818.
Therefore H3651, as a tongue H3956 of fire H784 consumes H398 stubble H7179
And dry H2842 grass H2842 collapses H7503 into the flame H3852,
So their root H8328 will become H1961 like rot H4716 and their blossom H6525 [fn]blow H5927 away H5927 as dust H80;
For they have rejected H3988 the law H8451 of Yahweh H3068 of hosts H6635
And the word H565 of the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 they have spurned H5006.
On this H3651 account H3651, the anger H639 of Yahweh H3068 has burned H2734 against His people H5971,
And He has stretched H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027 against H5921 them and struck H5221 them down H5221.
And the mountains H2022 trembled H7264, and their corpses H5038 [fn]lay H1961 like refuse H5478 in the middle H7130 of the streets H2351.
For all H3605 this H2088 His anger H639 is H7725 not turned H7725 back H7725,
But His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out H5186.
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