Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
An empty vine
To the multitude
Bible References
Is
Isaiah 5:1
Let me sing for my beloved a song of my love concerning his vineyard: {My beloved had a vineyard} on {a fertile hill}.
Ezekiel 15:1
And the word of Yahweh {came} to me, {saying},
Nahum 2:2
For Yahweh will restore the majesty of Jacob like the majesty of Israel; for ravagers have ravaged them and ruined [their] branches.
John 15:1
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
An empty vine
Zechariah 7:5
"Say to all the people of the land and to the priests: 'When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?
Romans 14:7
For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself.
2 Corinthians 5:16
So then, from now on we know no one {from a human point of view}, if indeed we have known Christ {from a human point of view}, but now we know [him this way] no longer.
Philippians 2:21
For they all seek {their own interests}, not those of Jesus Christ.
To the multitude
Hosea 2:8
But she did not know that [it was] I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, and who gave her silver in abundance, and gold which they made into a Baal.
Hosea 8:4
They appointed kings, but not through me; they made officials, but without my knowledge. [With] their silver and gold they made idols for themselves for their own {destruction}.
Hosea 12:8
And Ephraim said, "Surely, I am rich, I gained wealth for myself; in all my toil they have not found guilt in me that is [sin].
Hosea 13:2
And now they sin again, and they make for themselves a molten idol, idols from their silver metal according to their understanding, all of them the work of skilled craftsmen. To these they say, "Sacrifice!" People are kissing bull calves.
Jeremiah 2:28
But where [are] your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise if they can save you in the time of your trouble. For [according to] the number of your towns are your gods, Judah.