Isaiah 5:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

What more could I have done for my vineyard? I hoped for sweet grapes, but bitter grapes were all that grew.

Cross References

Matthew 23:37

Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Your people have killed the prophets and have stoned the messengers who were sent to you. I have often wanted to gather your people, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you wouldn't let me.

Jeremiah 2:5

and I, the LORD, will speak. I was never unfair to your ancestors, but they left me and became worthless by following worthless idols.

Ezekiel 24:13

Jerusalem is so full of sin and evil that I can't get it clean, even though I have tried. It will stay filthy until I let loose my fierce anger against it.

Isaiah 1:5

Why be punished more? Why not give up your sin? Your head is badly bruised, and you are weak all over.

Jeremiah 2:21

You were a choice grapevine, but now you produce nothing but small, rotten grapes.

Jeremiah 7:25

Ever since your ancestors left Egypt, I have been sending my servants the prophets to speak for me.

Jeremiah 7:26

But you have ignored me and become even more stubborn and sinful than your ancestors ever were!

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket was full of very good figs that ripened early, and the other was full of rotten figs that were not fit to eat.

Exodus 37:22

The lampstand, including its branches and decorative flowers, was made from a single piece of hammered pure gold.

Hosea 10:1

You were a healthy vine covered with grapes. But the more grapes you grew, the more altars you built; the better off you became, the better shrines you set up for pagan gods.