But I was the one who planted you, choosing a vine of the purest stock— the very best. How did you grow into this corrupt wild vine?

然而，我栽你是上等的葡萄树，全然是真种子；你怎么向我变为外邦葡萄树的坏枝子呢？

然而，我栽种你为上等的葡萄树，全用纯正的种子；你怎么向我变为外邦葡萄树的坏枝子呢？

然而，我栽种你为上等的葡萄树，全用纯正的种子；你怎么向我变为外邦葡萄树的坏枝子呢？

你原本是我栽种的上等葡萄树，是最好的品种。你怎么自甘堕落，变成了野葡萄？

我栽你时原是上等的葡萄树，是绝对纯种的；你怎么在我面前变为坏枝子，成了野葡萄呢？

然而，我栽你是上等的葡萄樹，全然是真種子；你怎麼向我變為外邦葡萄樹的壞枝子呢？

然而，我栽種你為上等的葡萄樹，全用純正的種子；你怎麼向我變為外邦葡萄樹的壞枝子呢？

然而，我栽種你為上等的葡萄樹，全用純正的種子；你怎麼向我變為外邦葡萄樹的壞枝子呢？

你原本是我栽種的上等葡萄樹，是最好的品種。你怎麼自甘墮落，變成了野葡萄？

我栽你時原是上等的葡萄樹，是絕對純種的；你怎麼在我面前變為壞枝子，成了野葡萄呢？

然而我，我栽了你是上好的葡萄樹，全是真正的種；你怎會向我變為外來葡萄樹的偏差種呢？

然我植爾為嘉葡萄、出於嘉種、爾奚變為異種葡萄之劣枝乎、

昔我肇造爾邦、若植葡萄、擇其嘉種。迄於今、嘉者奚變為劣。

昔我植爾為嘉葡萄樹、種盡真種、今奚變為壞葡萄樹、枝悉惡劣、

I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine?

You were like a good vine when I planted you. You were a healthy plant. Then how did you turn against me? How did you become a bad, wild vine?

Yet I planted you a choice vine, wholly of pure seed. How then have you turned degenerate and become a wild vine?

I planted you, a choice vine from the very best seed. How then could you turn into a degenerate, foreign vine?

Yet I planted you as a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned yourself before Me Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?

Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality. How then have you turned before Me Into the degenerate plant of an alien vine?

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?

I planted you, a choice vine from the very best seed. How then could you turn into a degenerate, foreign vine?

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?

Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?

What more could I have done for my vineyard that I have not already done? When I expected sweet grapes, why did my vineyard give me bitter grapes?

You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain— the place, O Lord, reserved for your own dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established.

You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.

“ I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.

You drove out the pagan nations by your power and gave all the land to our ancestors. You crushed their enemies and set our ancestors free.

Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom, from the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poison, and their clusters are bitter.

Now Jesus turned to the people again and told them this story:“ A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and moved to another country to live for several years.

“ Now listen to another story. A certain landowner planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.

Then Jesus began teaching them with stories:“ A man planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.

Because he loved your ancestors, he chose to bless their descendants, and he personally brought you out of Egypt with a great display of power.

“ But as for you, Israel my servant, Jacob my chosen one, descended from Abraham my friend,

you children of his servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.

Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions.”

“ Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the man told him.“ From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.”

See how Jerusalem, once so faithful, has become a prostitute. Once the home of justice and righteousness, she is now filled with murderers.

I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised.”

Now I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a rich and fertile hill.He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with the best vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were bitter.

To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory.

The people of Israel served the Lord throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him— those who had personally experienced all that the Lord had done for Israel.

All your people will be righteous. They will possess their land forever, for I will plant them there with my own hands in order to bring myself glory.

How the gold has lost its luster! Even the finest gold has become dull. The sacred gemstones lie scattered in the streets!