1 Isaiah sang a song about his good friend and a grape farm on a nice hill. ⛰️ 2 The friend dug the dirt, took out rocks, planted the best grape vines, made a fence and a tall stand, and a place to make juice; he hoped for sweet grapes, but it grew bad, sour grapes. ➡️ 3 Isaiah said to the people in the city and the land, please judge my friend and his grape farm. ️️⚖️ 4 My friend did all he could; why did it make sour grapes, not good grapes? 5 My friend said, I will take away the fence; the farm will be open; animals will eat it, and people will step on it. 6 I will let the farm get wild; no one will cut or dig; thorns and weeds will grow; I will tell the clouds to give no rain. ☁️️ 7 The grape farm means God’s people; God wanted fair and good, but He saw hurt and cries. ➡️⚖️ 8 Sad for people who grab house to house and field to field, so no space is left and they live alone. ➕➕ 9 God said, many big homes will be empty; no one will live there. ️ 10 Big fields will grow very little food; a lot of work will make a tiny bit. ➡️ 11 Sad for people who get up early to drink wine and drink all day till night. ➡️ 12 They like music and parties and wine, but they do not look at God’s work or what He does. 13 So the people will be taken away; they will be hungry and thirsty. ♂️♀️➡️️ 14 The grave opens wide, and many proud people go down. ⚰️️⬇️ 15 People will be brought down; the proud will be made low. ⬇️ 16 God will be high and fair; He shows He is holy by doing right. ⬆️⚖️ 17 Lambs will eat in the fields; poor folks will eat in the empty rich places. ️ 18 Sad for people who pull sin with lies, like a rope pulls a cart. 19 They say, “Hurry, God, do it now so we can see,” and they make fun of God. ⏩ 20 Sad for people who say bad is good and good is bad, dark is light and light is dark, yucky is sweet and sweet is yucky. ⚫↔️⚪↔️ 21 Sad for people who think they are so wise and smart. 22 Sad for strong drinkers who show off at mixing strong wine. 23 They take money to say bad people are not guilty, and they hurt good people and take away what is right. ⚖️ 24 So fire will eat them like dry straw; their root will rot; their flower will blow away like dust, because they said no to God’s law and God’s word. ➡️️ 25 God was angry and hit them; hills shook; many died; but His anger was not done; His hand was still up. ⚡⛰️ 26 God raised a flag and called a far land; He whistled, and they came fast. ♂️ 27 The army was not tired; no one tripped; no one slept; belts were tight; shoes were fine. ️ 28 Their arrows were sharp; bows were ready; horse feet were like hard rock; war carts ran fast like big wind. 29 They roared like lions; they grabbed and carried people off; no one saved them. 30 That day they roared like the sea; the land looked dark and sad; the light was dark with clouds. ️