“‘ Israel, you were like a vine in a vineyard. It was planted near water. It had a lot of fruit and many branches. There was plenty of water.

“你的母亲先前如葡萄树，极其茂盛，栽于水旁。因为水多，就多结果子，满生枝子；

你的母亲如葡萄树，在葡萄园中，栽于水边，因为水多，就多结果子，多生枝子；

你的母亲如葡萄树，在葡萄园中，栽于水边，因为水多，就多结果子，多生枝子；

“‘你母亲像葡萄园中的一棵葡萄树，栽在溪水旁，枝繁叶茂，硕果累累，因为水源充沛。

“‘你的母亲像葡萄园里（按照《马索拉文本》，“葡萄园里”作“在你血中”；现参照其他抄本和《七十士译本》翻译）的一棵葡萄树，栽种在水边；因为水源充足，结果累累、枝叶茂盛。

你的母親先前如葡萄樹，極其茂盛，栽於水旁。因為水多，就多結果子，滿生枝子；

你的母親如葡萄樹，在葡萄園中，栽於水邊，因為水多，就多結果子，多生枝子；

你的母親如葡萄樹，在葡萄園中，栽於水邊，因為水多，就多結果子，多生枝子；

「『你母親像葡萄園中的一棵葡萄樹，栽在溪水旁，枝繁葉茂，碩果纍纍，因為水源充沛。

“‘你的母親像葡萄園裡（按照《馬索拉文本》，“葡萄園裡”作“在你血中”；現參照其他抄本和《七十士譯本》翻譯）的一棵葡萄樹，栽種在水邊；因為水源充足，結果纍纍、枝葉茂盛。

你母親好比葡萄樹，移植於水旁；因為水多，就多結果子，滿生枝條。

爾母脩長若葡萄樹、植於水濱、因其水多、枝茂實繁、

爾母若葡萄樹、植於溪濱、灌溉有資、枝葉葱蘢、

爾母亦可譬諸葡萄樹、植於水濱、因水多故果繁枝茂、

“‘ Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.

Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water.

“ Your mother was like a vine planted by the water’s edge. It had lush, green foliage because of the abundant water.

Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.

Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, Planted by the waters; It was fruitful and thick with branches Because of abundant waters.

‘ Your mother was like a vine in your bloodline, Planted by the waters, Fruitful and full of branches Because of many waters.

Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of plentiful waters.

Thy mother[ is] like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

“‘ Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by water. It was fruitful and full of branches because it was well-watered.

“‘ Your mother was like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters. It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

You brought Israel out of Egypt. Israel was like a vine. After you drove the nations out of Canaan, you planted the vine in their land.You prepared the ground for it. It took root and spread out over the whole land.The mountains were covered with its shade. The shade of its branches covered the mighty cedar trees.Your vine sent its branches out all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. They reached as far as the Euphrates River.

The Lord your God is bringing you into a good land. It has brooks, streams and deep springs of water. Those springs flow in its valleys and hills.

“ They spread out like valleys. They are like gardens beside a river. They are like aloes the Lord has planted. They are like cedar trees beside a stream.Their water buckets will run over. Their seeds will have plenty of water.“ Their king will be greater than King Agag. Their kingdom will be honored.

“ Listen to another story. A man who owned some land planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it. He dug a pit for a winepress in it. He also built a lookout tower. He rented the vineyard out to some farmers. Then he moved to another place.When harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the renters. He told the slaves to collect his share of the fruit.“ But the renters grabbed his slaves. They beat one of them. They killed another. They threw stones at the third to kill him.Then the man sent other slaves to the renters. He sent more than he did the first time. The renters treated them the same way.Last of all, he sent his son to them.‘ They will respect my son,’ he said.“ But the renters saw the son coming. They said to one another,‘ This is the one who will receive all the owner’s property someday. Come, let’s kill him. Then everything will be ours.’So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard. Then they killed him.“ When the owner of the vineyard comes back, what will he do to those renters?”“ He will destroy those evil people,” they replied.“ Then he will rent the vineyard out to other renters. They will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”

The seed grew into a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward the eagle. And its roots remained under the eagle. So the seed became a vine. It produced branches and put out leaves.

I will give him a great kingdom. It will reach from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River.He will call out to me,‘ You are my Father. You are my God. You are my Rock and Savior.’I will also make him my oldest son. Among all the kings of the earth, he will be the most important one.I will continue to love him forever. I will never break my covenant with him.I will make his family line continue forever. His kingdom will last as long as the heavens.

Say to Israel,“‘ You were like a mother lion to your princes. She lay down among the lions. She brought up her cubs.

Their mother hasn’t been faithful to me. She who became pregnant with them has brought shame on herself. She said,‘ I will chase after my lovers. They give me my food and water. They provide me with wool and linen. They give me olive oil and wine.’

I will sing a song for the Lord. He is the one I love. It’s a song about his vineyard Israel. The one I love had a vineyard. It was on a hillside that had rich soil.He dug up the soil and removed its stones. He planted the very best vines in it. He built a lookout tower there. He also cut out a winepress for it. Then he kept looking for a crop of good grapes. But the vineyard produced only bad fruit.So the Lord said,“ People of Jerusalem and Judah, you be the judge between me and my vineyard.What more could I have done for my vineyard? I did everything I could. I kept looking for a crop of good grapes. So why did it produce only bad ones?

“ Tell your mother she is wrong. Tell her she is wrong. She isn’t acting like a wife to me anymore. She no longer treats me as her husband. Tell her to stop looking and acting like a prostitute. Tell her not to let her lovers lie on her breasts anymore.

“ Son of man, how is the wood of a vine different from the wood of any tree in the forest?Can its wood ever be made into anything useful? Can pegs be made from it to hang things on?Suppose it is thrown in the fire to be burned. And the fire burns both ends and blackens the middle. Then is the wood useful for anything?It was not useful when it was whole. So how can it be made into something useful now? The fire has burned it and blackened it.”Here is what the Lord and King says.“ Instead of the wood of any tree in the forest, I have given the vine to burn in the fire. I will treat the people who live in Jerusalem the same way.I will turn against them. They might have come out of the fire. But the fire will destroy them anyway. I will turn against them. Then you will know that I am the Lord.I will make the land a dry and empty desert. My people have not been faithful to me,” announces the Lord and King.

There is plenty of food in that land. You will have everything you need. Its rocks have iron in them. And you can dig copper out of its hills.