Isaiah 5:1-7
“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.4 What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad? Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled. I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”
The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the vines he delighted in. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.
Why?
God's vineyard had paid much effort to cultivate it and anticipated having good grapes, but there were bad only. So the hoster of the vineyard, the Lord, will destroy all of the vineyards.
This vineyard of the Lord is the nation of Israel and the people of Judah are the Lord delighted in. But there are no justice and righteousness but heard cries of distress.
God is sad about this vineyard, for he has paid much attention to it.
Using a vineyard to describe the heart and feel of the Lord to Israel and Judah how sad is the Lord!
How?
May I please the Lord? How about my heart and my mind? Do I put the Lord as my first priority in my life?
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