And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned and not hoed; but briers and thorns shall come up. And on the clouds I will command the rain from raining on it.
I looked, and, behold! The fruitful place was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down before the face of Jehovah, before the anger of His nostrils.
And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, of which she has said, They are my rewards that those loving me have given to me. And I will set them for a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
For, behold, they have gone from destruction; Egypt shall gather them; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess the desirable things of their silver; thorns shall be in their tents.
Hear another parable: There was a certain man, a house master, who planted a vineyard and placed a hedge around it; and he dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. And he rented it to vinedressers and went abroad Isa. 5:1, 2