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Isaiah 5:4

Good News Translation

Is there anything I failed to do for it? Then why did it produce sour grapes and not the good grapes I expected?

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The buds, the branches, and the lampstand were a single piece of pure hammered gold.

Why do you keep on rebelling? Do you want to be punished even more? Israel, your head is already covered with wounds, and your heart and mind are sick.

I planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. But look what you have become! You are like a rotten, worthless vine.

The Lord says: “What accusation did your ancestors bring against me? What made them turn away from me? They worshiped worthless idols and became worthless themselves.

The first basket contained good figs, those that ripen early; the other one contained bad figs, too bad to eat.

From the day that your ancestors came out of Egypt until this very day I have kept on sending to you my servants, the prophets.

Yet no one listened or paid any attention. Instead, you became more stubborn and rebellious than your ancestors.

Jerusalem, your immoral actions have defiled you. Although I tried to purify you, you remained defiled. You will not be pure again until you have felt the full force of my anger.

The people of Israel were like a grapevine that was full of grapes. The more prosperous they were, the more altars they built. The more productive their land was, the more beautiful they made the sacred stone pillars they worship.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!




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