Jeremiah 31:5
in Jeremiah 31Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Again shalt thou plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy the fruit thereof.
KJV
Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
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This verse in Jeremiah 31
Commentary
10 notes on this verse(Verse 5) You shall again plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria: plant, and you shall enjoy the fruits thereof. You will plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. Not in valleys and low places, but in the mountains of Samaria, which were possessed by foreigners after the captivity of the people of Israel, to whom it is said: Plant vineyards and harvest.
This site's exposition
the God of all the families of Israel
on Jeremiah 31:1-6
The promise widens to “all the families of Israel,” and rests on an old fact: “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” Favor “in the wilderness” reaches back to the exodus, love given before performance. Watchmen on the hills of Ephraim call, “Arise, let us go up to Zion.”
This site's exposition
plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria
Samaria was the capital of the northern kingdom, so this promise to plant vineyards is for the ten tribes. Barnes explains the enjoying of the fruit by Leviticus 19:23 to 25, where a new tree's fruit was held back four years. The farmers will live to eat.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Note, God can make those who have been enemies to religion and the true worship of God to become encouragers of them and leaders in them. This promise was to have its full accomplishment in the days of the Messiah, when the gospel should be preached to all these countries, and a general invitation thereby given into the church of Christ, of which Zion was a type.
), Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria, which had been the head city of the kingdom of Israel, in opposition to that of Judah; but they shall now be united ( Ezek. xxxvii.
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Our mirth is then indeed an ornament to us when we serve God and honour him with it. Is the joy of the city maintained by the products of the country? It is so; and therefore it is promised (
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Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Shall eat them as common things - Rather, shall eat the fruit. Literally, as in the margin. For three years the fruit of a newly-planted tree was not to be touched, that of the fourth year was consecrated to God, but on the fifth year it was profane, i. e., unconsecrated, and so might be applied to the owner’s use Lev 19:23-25.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
For the first three years after planting, the vine was "not to be eaten of"; on the fourth year the fruit was to be "holy to praise the Lord withal"; on the fifth year the fruit was to be eaten as common, no longer restricted to holy use (Le 19:23-25; compare De 20:6;
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Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria - This was the regal city of the Israelites, as Jerusalem was of the Jews. Shall eat them as common things - By the law of Moses no man was permitted to eat of the fruit of his vineyard till the fifth year after planting. For the first three years it was considered uncircumcised, unclean, not fit to be eaten; in the fourth year it was holy to the Lord, the fruit belonged to Him; in the fifth year he might use it for himself, Lev 19:23-25. But in the time here mentioned the fruit should be considered common - lawful at all times to be eaten.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ע֚וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| תִּטְּעִ֣י | titei | you will plant | H5193 → | 58 times |
| כְרָמִ֔ים | kheramim | vineyards | H3754 → | 92 times |
| בְּהָרֵ֖י | beharei | on [the] hills of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| שֹֽׁמְר֑וֹן | shomeron | Samaria | H8111 → | 109 times |
| נָטְע֥וּ | nateu | they will plant | H5193 → | 58 times |
| נֹטְעִ֖ים | noteim | planters | H5193 → | 58 times |
| וְחִלֵּֽלוּ׃ | vechilelu | and they will put [them] to use | H2490 → | 143 times |
ע֚וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
תִּטְּעִ֣יyou will plant
titeiH5193 →58 times
כְרָמִ֔יםvineyards
kheramimH3754 →92 times
בְּהָרֵ֖יon [the] hills of
behareiH2022 →546 times
שֹֽׁמְר֑וֹןSamaria
shomeronH8111 →109 times
נָטְע֥וּthey will plant
nateuH5193 →58 times
נֹטְעִ֖יםplanters
noteimH5193 →58 times
וְחִלֵּֽלוּ׃and they will put [them] to use
vechileluH2490 →143 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Micah 4:4And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
it leads to
- Zechariah 3:10
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
- 1 Kings 4:25
Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
- Isaiah 1:20
But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Ezekiel 39:26
They will forget their disgrace and all the treachery they committed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land, with no one to frighten them.
- Zechariah 3:10
Through
Amos 9:14I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
it leads to
- Isaiah 61:4
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
- Jeremiah 30:3
For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to…
- Jeremiah 30:18
This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will…
- Isaiah 61:4
Through
Deuteronomy 28:30You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not…
it leads to
- Amos 5:11
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the…
- Amos 5:11
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.