Pentecost 18 • Isaiah 5:1-7

Oct. 8, 2017 Sermon
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Isaiah 5:1-7

1       Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
     My beloved had a vineyard
        on a very fertile hill.
2     He dug it and cleared it of stones,
        and planted it with choice vines;
     he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
        and hewed out a wine vat in it;
     and he looked for it to yield grapes,
        but it yielded wild grapes.

3       And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
        and men of Judah,
     judge between me and my vineyard.
4     What more was there to do for my vineyard,
        that I have not done in it?
     When I looked for it to yield grapes,
        why did it yield wild grapes?
5       And now I will tell you
        what I will do to my vineyard.
     I will remove its hedge,
        and it shall be devoured;
     I will break down its wall,
        and it shall be trampled down.
6     I will make it a waste;
        it shall not be pruned or hoed,
        and briers and thorns shall grow up;
     I will also command the clouds
        that they rain no rain upon it.

7       For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts
        is the house of Israel,
     and the men of Judah
        are his pleasant planting;
     and he looked for justice,
        but behold, bloodshed;
     for righteousness,
​        but behold, an outcry!