the vineyard: Psalms 80:8-11, Psalms 80:15; Jeremiah 12:10
his pleasant plant: Heb. plant of his pleasures, Isaiah 62:5; Psalms 147:11, Psalms 149:4; Song of Solomon 7:6; Zephaniah 3:17
he looked: Isaiah 5:2, Isaiah 58:6-8; Exodus 22:22-27; Micah 6:8; Zechariah 7:9-14; Matthew 3:8-10, Matthew 23:23; John 15:2; 1 Corinthians 6:8-11; 1 John 3:7-8
but: The paronomasia, or play of words, is very remarkable here: he looked for mishpat: "judgment," but behold mispach: "oppression;" for tzedakah: "justice," but behold tzedkah: "a cry."
oppression: Heb. a scab, Isaiah 1:6, Isaiah 3:17