1	Now will I sing# to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful# hill: [a very...: Heb. the horn of the son of oil]
			2	And he fenced# it, and gathered out the stones# thereof, and planted# it with the choicest vine, and built# a tower in the midst of it, and also made# a winepress therein: and he looked# that it should bring forth# grapes, and it brought forth# wild grapes. [fenced: or, made a wall about] [made: Heb. hewed]
			3	And now, O inhabitants# of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge# , I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
			4	What could have been done# more to my vineyard, that I have not done# in it? wherefore, when I looked# that it should bring forth# grapes, brought it forth# wild grapes?
			5	And now go to; I will tell# you what I will do# to my vineyard: I will take away# the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up# ; and break down# the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: [trodden...: Heb. for a treading]
			6	And I will lay# it waste: it shall not be pruned# , nor digged# ; but there shall come up# briers and thorns: 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 his pleasant plant: and he looked# for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. [his...: Heb. plant of his pleasures] [oppression: Heb. a scab]
			8	Woe unto them that join# house to house, that lay# field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed# alone in the midst of the earth! [they: Heb. ye]
			9	In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant# . [In...: or, This is in mine ears, saith the LORD, etc] [Of a...: Heb. If not, etc]
			10	Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield# one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield# an ephah.
			11	Woe unto them that rise up early# in the morning, that they may follow# strong drink; that continue# until night, till wine inflame# them! [inflame: of, pursue]
			12	And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard# not the work of the LORD, neither consider# the operation of his hands.
			13	Therefore my people are gone into captivity# , because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. [honourable...: Heb. glory are men of famine]
			14	Therefore hell hath enlarged# herself, and opened# her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend# into it.
			15	And the mean man shall be brought down# , and the mighty man shall be humbled# , and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled# :
			16	But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted# in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified# in righteousness. [God...: or, the holy God: Heb. the God the holy]
			17	Then shall the lambs feed# after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers# eat# .
			18	Woe unto them that draw# iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
			19	That say# , Let him make speed# , and hasten# his work, that we may see# it : and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh# and come# , that we may know# it !
			20	Woe unto them that call# evil good, and good evil; that put# darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put# bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! [call...: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc]
			21	Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent# in their own sight! [in their own sight: Heb. before their face]
			22	Woe unto them that are mighty to drink# wine, and men of strength to mingle# strong drink:
			23	Which justify# the wicked for reward, and take away# the righteousness of the righteous from him!
			24	Therefore as the fire devoureth# the stubble, and the flame# consumeth# the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up# as dust: because they have cast away# the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised# the word of the Holy One of Israel. [fire: Heb. tongue of fire]
			25	Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled# against his people, and he hath stretched forth# his hand against them, and hath smitten# them: and the hills did tremble# , and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away# , but his hand is stretched out# still. [torn: or, as dung]
			26	And he will lift up# an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss# unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come# with speed swiftly:
			27	None shall be weary nor stumble# among them; none shall slumber# nor sleep# ; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed# , nor the latchet of their shoes be broken# :
			28	Whose arrows are sharp# , and all their bows bent# , their horses' hoofs shall be counted# like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
			29	Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar# # # # like young lions: yea, they shall roar# , and lay hold# of the prey, and shall carry it away safe# , and none shall deliver# it .
			30	And in that day they shall roar# against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look# unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened# in the heavens thereof. [sorrow: or, distress] [and the light...: or, when it is light, it shall be dark in the destructions thereof]