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.

你从埃及挪出一棵葡萄树，赶出外邦人，把这树栽上。

你从埃及拔出一棵葡萄树，赶出外邦人，把这树栽上。

你从埃及拔出一棵葡萄树，赶出外邦人，把这树栽上。

你从埃及带出一棵葡萄树，赶走外族人，把它栽种起来。

你从埃及带走一棵葡萄树，你赶出外族人，把这树栽上。

你从埃及带出一棵葡萄树，你驱逐列国，栽种了这树。

你從埃及挪出一棵葡萄樹，趕出外邦人，把這樹栽上。

你從埃及拔出一棵葡萄樹，趕出外邦人，把這樹栽上。

你從埃及拔出一棵葡萄樹，趕出外邦人，把這樹栽上。

你從埃及帶出一棵葡萄樹，趕走外族人，把它栽種起來。

你從埃及帶走一棵葡萄樹，你趕出外族人，把這樹栽上。

你從埃及移出一棵葡萄樹，將外國人趕出，把這樹栽上。

你從埃及帶出一棵葡萄樹，你驅逐列國，栽種了這樹。

昔爾攜葡萄出埃及、逐異邦而植之、

自古在昔、爾攜葡萄、出於埃及、驅逐異邦之民、植於斯土、

主曾移葡萄樹出伊及、驅逐異邦人、栽植此樹、

祈主一顧盼。加我以慈色。顛沛亦已甚。仰主賜救拔。

You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.

You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.

You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.

You dug up a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.

You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it.

You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it.

Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.

You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it.

Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.

You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.

You were like a good vine when I planted you. You were a healthy plant. Then how did you turn against me? How did you become a bad, wild vine?

By your power you drove out the nations. You gave our people homes in the land. You crushed the people who were there. And you made our people do well.

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 am the true vine. My Father is the gardener.He cuts off every branch joined to me that does not bear fruit. He trims every branch that does bear fruit. Then it will bear even more fruit.You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.Remain joined to me, just as I also remain joined to you. No branch can bear fruit by itself. It must remain joined to the vine. In the same way, you can’t bear fruit unless you remain joined to me.“ I am the vine. You are the branches. If you remain joined to me, and I to you, you will bear a lot of fruit. You can’t do anything without me.If you don’t remain joined to me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and dries up. Branches like those are picked up. They are thrown into the fire and burned.If you remain joined to me and my words remain in you, ask for anything you wish. And it will be done for you.When you bear a lot of fruit, it brings glory to my Father. It shows that you are my disciples.

“‘ 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.

At that time the Lord will sing about his fruitful vineyard. He will say,“ I am the Lord. I watch over my vineyard. I water it all the time. I guard it day and night. I do it so no one can harm it.

He drove out the nations to make room for his people. He gave to each family a piece of land to pass on to their children. He gave the tribes of Israel a place to make their homes.

Many shepherds will destroy my vineyard. They will walk all over it. They will turn my pleasant vineyard into a dry and empty land.

“ I myself will drive out all the people who live in the mountain areas. Those areas reach from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim. They include the area where all the people of Sidon live. I myself will drive out those people to make room for the Israelites. Make sure you set that land apart for Israel. Give it to them as their share, just as I have directed you.

Our people received the tent from God. Then they brought it with them when they took the land of Canaan. God drove out the nations that were in their way. At that time Joshua was Israel’s leader. The tent remained in the land until David’s time.

But suppose I announce that a nation or kingdom is going to be built up and planted.And then it does what is evil in my eyes. It does not obey me. Then I will think again about the good things I had wanted to do for it.

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?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.I will turn my vineyard into a dry and empty desert. It will not be pruned or taken care of. Thorns and bushes will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”The vineyard of the Lord who rules over all is the nation of Israel. The people of Judah are the vines he took delight in. He kept looking for them to do what is fair. But all he saw was blood being spilled. He kept looking for them to do what is right. But all he heard were cries of suffering.

“ 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.”

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.