Isaiah gives the answer in one line: “the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel” (Isaiah 5:7). A vineyard in the Bible is God’s people, planted and tended by him, and he looks to it for fruit. Jesus took up the picture in his parables, and called himself “the true vine” (John 15:1). A few lines earlier the owner of that vineyard asks a question no one can answer: “What could have been done more to…

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