Isaiah 5:4

The Passion Translation

What more could I have done for my vineyard? When I expected it to bear luscious grapes, why did it produce only wild, worthless grapes?

Cross References

Matthew 23:37

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem—you are the city that murders your prophets! You are the city that stones the very messengers who were sent to deliver you! So many times I have longed to gather a wayward people, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings—but you were too stubborn to let me.

Jeremiah 2:5

He declares to you: “What did your ancestors find wrong with me that they would run so far away from me? They left me to follow worthless idols and themselves became worthless!

Ezekiel 24:13

“ ‘Jerusalem, the filth of your sexual immorality is infamous. Although I have tried to purify you, you were not cleansed of your filth, so now you will never be purged of your filth until I have emptied out my fury upon you.

Isaiah 1:5

Why would you seek to be injured further? Why would you stubbornly continue in your rebellion? Your whole head is sick, and your heart and your will are weak and faint.

Jeremiah 2:21

I planted you like a special vine from the absolute best seed, but look at what you’ve become now! You’re like a twisted, rotten vine.

Jeremiah 7:25

From the day that I led your ancestors out of Egypt until now, I have persistently sent you my servants the prophets,

Jeremiah 7:26

but my people did not listen to me or obey; rather, they stubbornly did more evil than their fathers.’

Jeremiah 24:2

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