“I Will Lay It Waste”

Brant Gardner

The failure of the vineyard to produce good grapes incurs the wrath of the master. In the context of the parable this would be the justifiable action of a master whose great efforts had been betrayed by the wildness of the resulting fruit.

As a representation of a human response, it is understandable. As a allegory, it is a devastating condemnation which Isaiah make explicit in the following verse.

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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