Time and time again I have sent you all my servants the prophets, proclaiming, ‘Turn, each one from his evil way, and correct your actions. Stop following other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I gave you and your ancestors.’ But you did not pay attention or obey me.
He began to speak to them in parables: ‘A man planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.