Isaiah 5:1

I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.

² He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

³ “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
KJV: Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
WEB: Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.
ASV: Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
DARBY: I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard: My well-beloved had a vineyard upon a fruitful hill.
BLB: Let me sing now for my beloved, a song of my beloved regarding his vineyard: Unto my beloved there was a vineyard, a son of fatness on a hill.

ÅB: Jeg vil synge om min elskede, synge min venns sang om hans vingård. Min venn hadde en vingård på en fruktbar haug.
OTB: La meg synge for min elskede en sang om hans vingård: Min elskede hadde en vingård på en fruktbar høyde.
B1930: Jeg vil synge om min elskede, synge min venns sang om hans vingård. Min venn hadde en vingård på en fruktbar haug.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Mark 12:1
Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
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Luke 20:9
Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
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John 15:1
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
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Jeremiah 2:21
I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
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Matthew 21:33
Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
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Psalms 80:8
You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
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Song of Solomon 2:16
My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
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Deuteronomy 31:19–22
Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.
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