He dug H5823 it all H5823 around H5823, cleared H5619 it of H5619 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 carved H2672 out H2672 a [fn]wine H3342 vat H3342 in it;
Then He expected H6960 it to produce H6213 good grapes H6025,
For the vineyard H3754 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 is the house H1004 of Israel H3478,
And the people H376 of Judah H3063 are His delightful H8191 plant H5194.
So He waited H6960 for justice H4941, but behold H2009, there was bloodshed H4939;
For righteousness H6666, but behold H2009, a cry H6818 for H6818 help H6818.
Therefore H3651, as a tongue H3956 of fire H784 consumes H398 stubble H7179,
And dry H2842 grass H2842 collapses H7503 in the flame H3852,
So their root H8328 will become H1961 like rot H4716, and their blossom H6525 [fn]blow H5927 away H5927 like dust H80;
For they have rejected H3988 the Law H8451 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635,
And discarded H5006 the word H565 of the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478.
For this H3651 reason H3651 the anger H639 of the LORD 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.
And the mountains H2022 quaked H7264, and their corpses H5038 [fn]lay H1961 like refuse H5478 in the middle H7130 of the streets H2351.
Despite all H3605 this H2088, His anger H639 [fn]is H7725 not spent H7725,
But His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out H5186.
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