Isaiah 5:1-7 · The Song of the Vineyard

1 I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.

2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit.

3 "Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and men 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?

5 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.

6 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."

7 The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden of his delight. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress.

Vineyard of Justice and Righteousness
Isaiah 5:1-7, Isaiah 5:8-30
Bulletin Aid
by James Wilson
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Call to Worship
Leader: Let our voices be lifted in song and praise before Christ our Lord.
People: For we are called to be the servants of the Lord and to seek justice for all.
Leader: We are called to serve the Lord in all we do in work or in play,
People: So that the world might see in us witness to the love of Christ our Lord,
Leader: Let our hearts be …

CSS Publishing Company, Inc, Lectionary Worship Aids, Cycle C, Series IV, by James Wilson