Isaiah 5:4

5:4 What more can I do for my vineyard

beyond what I have already done?

When I waited for it to produce edible grapes,

why did it produce sour ones instead?

Jeremiah 36:3

36:3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. 1  If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done.” 2 

Zephaniah 3:7

3:7 I thought, 3  ‘Certainly you will respect 4  me!

Now you will accept correction!’

If she had done so, her home 5  would not be destroyed 6 

by all the punishments I have threatened. 7 

But they eagerly sinned

in everything they did. 8 

1 tn Heb “will turn each one from his wicked way.”

2 tn Heb “their iniquity and their sin.”

3 tn Heb “said.”

4 tn Or “fear.” The second person verb form (“you will respect”) is feminine singular, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed.

5 tn Or “dwelling place.”

6 tn Heb “cut off.”

7 tn Heb “all which I have punished her.” The precise meaning of this statement and its relationship to what precedes are unclear.

8 tn Heb “But they got up early, they made corrupt all their actions.” The phrase “they got up early” probably refers to their eagerness to engage in sinful activities.