5. So now I will tell youwhat I will do to My vineyard:I will take away its hedge,and it shall be consumed;I will break down its wall,and it shall be trodden down.
6. And I will lay it waste:It shall not be pruned or dug,but briers and thorns shall come up.I will also command the cloudsthat they rain no rain on it.
7. For the vineyard of the Lord of Hostsis the house of Israel,and the men of JudahHis pleasant plant.Thus He looked for justice, but saw oppression;for righteousness, but heard a cry.
8. Woe to those who join house to house,who add field to field,until there is no more spacewhere they may live alone in the midst of the land!