Theme: God's judgment on those who do not produce the fruits of righteousness. In the Isaiah text, God pronounces Israel an unfit fruit and votes to let it go fallow. In the Gospel parable of the Unfaithful Tenants, the Lord promises to take the kingdom away from Israel and give it to a nation producing the fruits of righteousness.

COMMENTARY

Old Testament: Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20
God had, in his grace, freed the Hebrews from their slavery in Egypt and was leading them into the Promised Land. To govern their life together, he gives them the Ten Commandments. God's laws, too, are a sign of his grace. God loves his people so much that he wants to steer them away from the path of death into the path of life.

Old Testament: Isaiah 5:1-7
Isaiah recites a poem that allegorically refers to I…