You have torn down the walls of his city and left his forts in ruins.

All who pass by steal his belongings; all his neighbors laugh at him.

"Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge around it, break down the wall that protects it, and let wild animals eat it and trample it down.

Before the grapes are gathered, when the blossoms have all fallen and the grapes are ripening, the enemy will destroy the Ethiopians as easily as a knife cuts branches from a vine.

The corpses of their soldiers will be left exposed to the birds and the wild animals. In summer the birds will feed on them, and in winter, the animals."

(The LORD is about to restore the glory of Israel, as it was before her enemies plundered her.)

"He will come and kill those men, and turn the vineyard over to other tenants." When the people heard this, they said, "Surely not!"