Why have you broken down the walls around your vine? Now all who pass by it can pick its grapes.

你为何拆毁这树的篱笆，任凭一切过路的人摘取？

你为何拆毁这树的篱笆，任凭路人摘取？

你为何拆毁这树的篱笆，任凭路人摘取？

你为何拆毁了它的篱笆，让路人随意摘取葡萄呢？

你为什么拆毁它的篱笆，任由所有过路的人采摘呢？

你为什么毁坏它的围墙，以致所有过路的人都去摘取呢？

你為何拆毀這樹的籬笆，任憑一切過路的人摘取？

你為何拆毀這樹的籬笆，任憑路人摘取？

你為何拆毀這樹的籬笆，任憑路人摘取？

你為何拆毀了它的籬笆，讓路人隨意摘取葡萄呢？

你為甚麼拆毀它的籬笆，任由所有過路的人採摘呢？

你為甚麼拆壞它的圍牆，任憑過路人都摘取它呢？

你為什麼毀壞它的圍牆，以致所有過路的人都去摘取呢？

爾何毀其垣、任路人摘之、

今曷毀其藩籬、任為路人折取兮、

主因何拆毀護樹之藩籬、任行路之人折取、

扶疎臨海角。蔓衍到幼法。

Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes?

Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?

But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass by may steal our fruit?

Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?

Why have You broken down her hedges, So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?

Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

Why have You broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

Why hast thou[ then] broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?

Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard. I will take away its fence. And the vineyard will be destroyed. I will break down its wall. And people will walk all over my vineyard.

You have broken through the walls around his city. You have completely destroyed his secure places.All those who pass by have carried off what belonged to him. His neighbors make fun of him.

Assyria once took everything of value from God’s people. Its army destroyed all their vines. But the Lord will bring back the glory of Jacob’s people. He’ll make Israel glorious again.

He will come and kill them. He will give the vineyard to others.” When the people heard this, they said,“ We hope this never happens!”

A farmer cuts off new growth with pruning knives. He cuts down spreading branches and takes them away. He does it before the grapes are harvested. That’s when the blooms are gone and the grapes are ripe. In the same way, the Lord will cut off the nations that are gathered against his people.Their dead bodies will be left for the birds of the mountains to eat. They will be left for the wild animals. The birds will eat the dead bodies all summer long. The wild animals will eat them all through the winter.