Isaiah 5:3

And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

Ver. 3. And now, O ye inhabitants of Jerusalem.] Here we have God's plea before his sentence, and therein his appeal to them, and his indictment against them. First he appealeth to the Jews themselves, and maketh them judges in their own cause. So Nathan dealt by David, and Jesus by the wicked Jews of his time. Mat 21:40 Iudicate, quaeso, only "judge a righteous judgment," Joh 7:24 and then I dare report me to the conscience of any one among you, and will therehence fetch witness.

Between me and my vineyard.] With which I am now at variance. Sin is that hell-hag, a diabolical or vile woman makebait, breeder of strive trouble town, that sets odds between God and his greatest favourites.