And I made a hedge round it, and dug a trench, and planted a choice vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and dug a place for the wine-vat in it: and I waited [for it] to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth thorns.
LXX
Isaiah 5:2
And I made a hedge round it, and dug a trench, and planted a choice vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and dug a place for the wine-vat in it: and I waited [for it] to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth thorns.
Parallel Translations
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.
He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in the middle of it, and also cut out a wine press in it. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:21Deuteronomy 32:32–33Mark 11:13Isaiah 1:2–4Luke 13:6–71 Corinthians 9:7Revelation 14:18–20Hosea 10:1Luke 20:10–18Deuteronomy 32:6Deuteronomy 32:8–9Mark 12:2Nehemiah 13:15Micah 4:8Isaiah 5:7
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