Isaiah 5:2
He dug it up and cleared the stones
What it says
The vineyard is carefully prepared with every advantage but yields only wild grapes.
What it is doing
This verse establishes the contrast between care given and fruit produced.
In context
1I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: 2He dug it up and cleared the stones 3“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem 4What more could have been done for My vineyard 5Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: 6I will make it a wasteland, 7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts