You removeda vinefrom Egypt;You droveout the nationsand plantedit.
Let me not be putto shame,O LORD,for I callupon You; Let the wickedbe putto shame,let them be silentin Sheol.
You with Your own handdroveout the nations;Then You plantedthem; You afflictedthe peoples,Then You spreadthem abroad.
You have made Your peopleexperiencehardship;You have givenus wineto drinkthat makes us stagger.
He also droveout the nationsbeforethem And apportionedthem for an inheritanceby measurement,And made the tribesof Israeldwellin their tents.
"Manyshepherdshave ruinedMy vineyard,They have trampleddownMy field;They have madeMy pleasantfieldA desolatewilderness.
"Yet I plantedyou a choicevine,A completelyfaithfulseed.Howthen have you turnedyourself before Me Into the degenerateshoots of a foreignvine?
"Therefore,thussaysthe LordGOD,'As the woodof the vineamong the treesof the forest,whichI have givento the firefor fuel,sohave I givenup the inhabitantsof Jerusalem;
"Then it sproutedand becamea low,spreadingvinewith its branchesturnedtowardhim, but its rootsremainedunderit. So it becamea vineand yieldedshootsand sentout branches.
Your motherwas like a vinein your vineyard, Plantedby the waters;It was fruitfuland fullof branchesBecauseof abundantwaters.
"And having received it in their turn,our fathersbroughtit in with Joshuaupon dispossessingthe nationswhomGoddroveout beforeour fathers,untilthe timeof David.
"Allthe inhabitantsof the hillcountryfrom Lebanonas faras Misrephoth-maim,allthe Sidonians,I will drivethem out from beforethe sonsof Israel;onlyallotit to Israelfor an inheritanceas I have commandedyou.
