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Jeremiah 2:21

I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

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ASV

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?

KJV

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ve.'a.no.Khiand IH595 →
נְטַעְתִּ֣יךְne.ta'.TikhI had planted youH5193 →
שֹׂרֵ֔קso.Reka choice vineH8321 →
כֻּלֹּ֖הku.Lohall of itH3605 →
זֶ֣רַעZe.ra'[was] seed ofH2233 →
אֱמֶ֑ת'e.MetreliabilityH571 →
וְאֵיךְ֙ve.'eiKhand how?H349 →
נֶהְפַּ֣כְתְּneh.Pakhthave you changed yourselfH2015 →
לִ֔יLito <the> me
סוּרֵ֖יsu.Rei[the] degenerate [ones] ofH5494 →
הַגֶּ֥פֶןha.Ge.fenthe vineH1612 →
נָכְרִיָּֽה׃na.khe.ri.YahalienH5237 →

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Luke 6:43No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.Isaiah 5:2He 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!Isaiah 5:4What more could I have done for My vineyard than I already did for it? Why, when I expected sweet grapes, did it bring forth sour fruit?Luke 13:6Then 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.John 15:1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.Exodus 15:17You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.Psalms 80:8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.Psalms 44:2With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.Isaiah 5:1I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.Deuteronomy 4:37Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.Deuteronomy 32:32But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.Mark 12:1Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.Luke 20:9Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.Genesis 26:3–5Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.Isaiah 61:3to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.Matthew 21:33Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

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About Jeremiah

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