94 And thou beheldest that I also cut down that which cumbered this spot of ground, that I might plant this tree in the stead thereof.
95 And thou beheldest that a part thereof, brought forth good fruit; and a part thereof, brought forth wild fruit.
96 And because I plucked not the branches thereof, and cast them into the fire, behold, they have overcome the good branch, that it has withered away.
97 And now behold, notwithstanding all the care which we have taken of my vineyard, the trees thereof have become corrupted, that they bring forth no good fruit:
98 And these I had hoped to preserve, to have laid up fruit thereof, against the season, unto mine own self.
99 But behold, they have become like unto the wild olive tree; and they are of no worth, but to be hewn down and cast into the fire: and it grieveth me that I should lose them.
100 But what could I have done more in my vineyard?
101 Have I slackened my hand, that I have not nourished it?
102 Nay; I have nourished it, and have I digged about it, and I have pruned it, and I have dunged it; and I have stretched forth mine hand almost all the day long; and the end draweth nigh.
103 And it grieveth me that I should hew down all the trees of my vineyard, and cast them into the fire, that they should be burned.
