Old Testament: Isaiah 5:1-7

¹Let me sing for my beloved my love-song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. ²He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he built a watchtower in the midst of it, and hewed out a wine vat in it; he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. ³And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. ⁴What more was there to do for my vineyard that I have not done in it? When I expected it to yield grapes, why did it yield wild grapes? ⁵And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down. ⁶I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. ⁷For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are his pleasant planting; he expected justice, but saw bloodshed; righteousness, but heard a cry!

Psalm: Psalm 80:1-2, 8-18

¹ Hear, O Shepherd of Israel, leading Joseph like a flock; *
        shine forth, you that are enthroned upon the cherubim.
² In the presence of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, *
        stir up your strength and come to help us.

⁸ You have brought a vine out of Egypt; *
        you cast out the nations and planted it.
⁹ You prepared the ground for it; *
        it took root and filled the land.
¹⁰ The mountains were covered by its shadow *
        and the towering cedar trees by its boughs.
¹¹ You stretched out its tendrils to the Sea *
        and its branches to the River.
¹² Why have you broken down its wall, *
        so that all who pass by pluck off its grapes?
¹³ The wild boar of the forest has ravaged it, *
        and the beasts of the field have grazed upon it.
¹⁴ Turn now, O God of hosts, look down from heaven;
    behold and tend this vine; *
        preserve what your right hand has planted.
¹⁵ They burn it with fire like rubbish; *
        at the rebuke of your countenance let them perish.
¹⁶ Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, *
        the son of man you have made so strong for yourself.
¹⁷ And so will we never turn away from you; *
        give us life, that we may call upon your Name.
¹⁸ Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; *
        show the light of your countenance, and we shall be saved.

Old Testament: Jeremiah 23:23-29

²³Am I a God near by, says the Lord, and not a God far off? ²⁴Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord. ²⁵I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, “I have dreamed, I have dreamed!” ²⁶How long? Will the hearts of the prophets ever turn back—those who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart?²⁷They plan to make my people forget my name by their dreams that they tell one another, just as their ancestors forgot my name for Baal.²⁸Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let the one who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? says the Lord. ²⁹Is not my word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?

Psalm: Psalm 82

¹ God takes his stand in the council of heaven; *
        he gives judgment in the midst of the gods:
² “How long will you judge unjustly, *
        and show favor to the wicked?
³ Save the weak and the orphan; *
        defend the humble and needy;
⁴ Rescue the weak and the poor; *
        deliver them from the power of the wicked.
⁵ They do not know, neither do they understand;
   they go about in darkness; *
        all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
⁶ Now I say to you, ‘You are gods, *
        and all of you children of the Most High;
⁷ Nevertheless, you shall die like mortals, *
        and fall like any prince.’”
⁸ Arise, O God, and rule the earth, *
        for you shall take all nations for your own.