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Let me sing for my beloved a love song concerning his vineyard :
My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill .
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He digged 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 .
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And now ,
O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah ,
judge ,
I pray you ,
between me and my vineyard .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ,
a cry !