Parable of the Vineyard

Isaiah 5
1 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: 2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? 5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

This is a story of a gardener who is not fit to be a gardener. The soil is good. And he gets all accessories for gardening. It brought forth wild grapes, not the grapes he was expecting. Why is that? There are many answers. First, are these grape seeds? Second, it needs constant watering and cultivation to be fruitful. Thirdly, it needs fertilizer. There are fertilizers that makes the plant bigger but it can't bear fruits so you wanna find a balanced fertilizer where the components makes the vineyard fruitful. You need the right materials, constant care and discipline to be a good gardener.

Realizing this, the gardener leaves the vineyard as it is.

Isaiah 5
25 Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 26 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

This is an example of a good gardener. He is patient. Learns from knowledgeable people from afar. No weariness in his duties. No sleeping at work. Like a boyscout, he is always ready with his get-up and equipment. He even designs an irrigation system and so on.

Regarding the vineyard from Isaiah 5:1-6, a wise gardener would trust his instincts, research about it and consult knowledgeable people on whether the wild grapes are edible or not. My guess is that the wild grapes are edible and the vineyard will produce the choicest wine.