5. And now let me tell you what I myself am about to do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall become a devastation. I will break down its wall, and it shall become a trampling.
6. And I will make it a wasteland; it shall not be pruned and hoed, and it shall be overgrown with briers and thornbushes. And concerning the clouds, I will command them not to send rain down upon it.
7. For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts is the house of Israel, and the man of Judah is the plantation of his delight. And he waited for justice, but look! Bloodshed! For righteousness, but look! A cry of distress!
8. Ah! Those who join house with house, they join field together with field until there is no place and you are caused to dwell alone in the midst of the land.
9. Yahweh of hosts said in my ears: Surely many houses shall become a desolation, large and beautiful ones without inhabitant.