6. I will lay it waste;It shall not be pruned or dug,But there shall come up briers and thorns.I will also command the cloudsThat they rain no rain on it.”
7. For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.
8. Woe to those who join house to house;They add field to field,Till there is no placeWhere they may dwell alone in the midst of the land!
9. In my hearing the Lord of hosts said,“Truly, many houses shall be desolate,Great and beautiful ones, without inhabitant.
10. For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath,And a homer of seed shall yield one ephah.”
11. Woe to those who rise early in the morning,That they may follow intoxicating drink;Who continue until night, till wine inflames them!