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 

[36:3]  ¹ tn Heb “will turn each one from his wicked way.”

[36:3]  ² tn Heb “their iniquity and their sin.”

[3:7]  ³ tn Heb “said.”

[3:7]  ⁴ tn Or “fear.” The second person verb form (“you will respect”) is feminine singular, indicating that personified Jerusalem is addressed.

[3:7]  ⁵ tn Or “dwelling place.”

[3:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “cut off.”

[3:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “all which I have punished her.” The precise meaning of this statement and its relationship to what precedes are unclear.

[3:7]  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.