3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: 2And 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. (2 Samuel 12:1‑4) Isa. 5:1-7 1Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. ![]() 4And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 2The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: 3But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. ![]() And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city the one rich, and the other poor. A favorite method of Oriental teaching ( 2 Sam. 12:1-4 1And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. Allegorical representation of something real in nature or human affairs, whence a moral is drawn.
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