² On that day,
“A ^[c](D)vineyard of beauty, sing of it!
³ I, the Lord, am its keeper;
^(E)I water it every moment.
So that no one will ^[d]damage it,
I ^(F)guard it night and day.
⁴ I have no wrath.
Should ^[e]someone give Me ^(G)briars and thorns in battle,
Then I would step on them, ^(H)I would burn them ^[f]completely.
⁵ Or let him ^[g](I)rely on My protection,
Let him make peace with Me,
Let him ^(J)make peace with Me.”
^6 [h]In the days to come Jacob ^(K)will take root,
Israel will ^(L)blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the ^[i]whole world with ^(M)fruit.

⁷ Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has ^(N)He struck them?
Or like the slaughter of His slain, ^[j]have they been slain?
⁸ You contended with them ^[k]by banishing them, by ^(O)driving them away.
With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the ^(P)east wind.
⁹ Therefore through this Jacob’s wrongdoing will be ^(Q)forgiven;
And this will be ^[l]the full price of the ^[m](R)pardoning of his sin:
When he makes all the ^(S)altar stones like pulverized chalk stones;
When ^[n]Asherim and incense altars will not stand.
¹⁰ For the fortified city is ^(T)isolated,
A ^[o]homestead deserted and abandoned like the desert;
^(U)There the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and ^[p]feed on its branches.
¹¹ When its ^(V)limbs are dry, they are broken off;
Women come and make a fire with them,
For they are not a people of ^(W)discernment,
Therefore ^(X)their Maker ^(Y)will not have compassion on them.
And their Creator will not be gracious to them.