I will sing about love and fairness.\par Lord, I will sing to you.\par
Isaiah 5:1 - Easy To Read Version Now, I will sing a song for my friend (God). This song is about the love my friend has for his field of grapes (Israel). Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition LET ME [as God's representative] sing of and for my greatly Beloved [God, the Son] a tender song of my Beloved concerning His vineyard [His chosen people]. My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. [S. of Sol. 6:3; Matt. 21:33-40.] American Standard Version (1901) Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: Common English Bible Let me sing for my loved one a love song for his vineyard. My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. Catholic Public Domain Version I will sing to my beloved the canticle of my paternal cousin, about his vineyard. A vineyard was made for my beloved, at the horn in the son of oil. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I WILL sing to my beloved the canticle of my cousin concerning his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a hill in a fruitful place. |
I will sing about love and fairness.\par Lord, I will sing to you.\par
Beautiful words fill my mind\par as I write these things for the king.\par Words come from my tongue like\par words coming from a skilled writer’s pen.\par
Use your great power and save us!\par Answer my prayer\par and save the people you love!\par
\{In the past, you treated us like\par a very important plant.\}\par You brought your “vine” out of Egypt.\par You forced other people to leave this land,\par and you planted your “vine” here.\par
Many shepherds (leaders) have ruined\par my field of grapes.\par Those shepherds have walked\par on the plants in my field.\par Those shepherds have made my beautiful field\par into an empty desert.\par
Judah, I planted you like a special vine.\par All of you were like good seed.\par How did you turn into a different vine that grows bad fruit?\par
“‘Your mother is like a grapevine\par planted near the water.\par She had plenty of water,\par so she grew many strong vines.\par
Israel is like a vine that grows plenty of fruit.\par But as Israel got more and more \{things\}\par he built more and more altars\par \{to honor false gods\}.\par His land became better and better,\par so he put up better and better stones\par \{to honor false gods\}.\par
“Listen to this story: There was a man that owned a vineyard. He put a wall around the field and dug a hole for a wine press. {\cf2\super [299]} Then the man built a tower. He leased the land to some farmers. Then he left for a trip.
Jesus used stories to teach the people. Jesus said, “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around the field and dug a hole for a wine press. {\cf2\super [152]} Then the man built a tower. He leased the land to some farmers. Then he left for a trip.
Then Jesus told the people this story: “A man planted a vineyard. The man leased the land to some farmers. Then he went away for a long time.
You will have all you want to eat. Then you will praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.
The Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with rivers and pools of water. Water flows out of the ground in the valleys and hills.