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Isaiah 5:2

He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

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ASV

and he digged 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 hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

KJV

And 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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַֽיְעַזְּקֵ֣הוּvay.'a.ze.Ke.huand he dug itH5823 →
וַֽיְסַקְּלֵ֗הוּvay.sa.ke.Le.huand he cleared of stones itH5619 →
וַיִּטָּעֵ֙הוּ֙vai.yi.ta.'E.huand he planted itH5193 →
שֹׂרֵ֔קso.Reka choice vineH8321 →
וַיִּ֤בֶןvai.Yi.venand he builtH1129 →
מִגְדָּל֙mig.Dala towerH4026 →
בְּתוֹכ֔וֹbe.to.Khoin [the] middle of itH8432 →
וְגַם־ve.gam-and alsoH1571 →
יֶ֖קֶבYe.keva wine-vatH3342 →
חָצֵ֣בcha.Tzevhe dug outH2672 →
בּ֑וֹboin it
וַיְקַ֛וvay.Kavand he waitedH6960 →
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto produceH6213 →
עֲנָבִ֖ים'a.na.VimgrapesH6025 →
וַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand it producedH6213 →
בְּאֻשִֽׁים׃be.'u.Shimwild grapesH891 →

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Jeremiah 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?Deuteronomy 32:32–33But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.Isaiah 1:2–4Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.Mark 4:19but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.Luke 13:6–7Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.Mark 11:13Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if there was any fruit on it. But when He reached it, He found nothing on it except leaves, since it was not the season for figs.1 Corinthians 9:7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?Revelation 14:18–20Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”Jeremiah 11:17The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”Luke 20:10–18At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.Job 1:10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.Romans 6:5For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.Romans 9:4the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.Hosea 10:1Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.2 Samuel 7:10And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginningIsaiah 1:21–23See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!Isaiah 63:2–3Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?Matthew 21:34When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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