Thematic Bible: Compared to an unfruitful vine


Thematic Bible



He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,
and planted it with the finest vines.
He built a tower in the middle of it
and even dug out a winepress there.
He expected it to yield good grapes,
but it yielded worthless grapes.
Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats

I planted you, a choice vine
from the very best seed.
How then could you turn into
a degenerate, foreign vine?
Verse ConceptsDebaucheryRejection Of God, Results OfVines

Israel is a lush vine;
it yields fruit for itself.
The more his fruit increased,
the more he increased the altars.
The better his land produced,
the better they made the sacred pillars.
Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Search ForVinesAltars, PaganSocial SelfishnessFertile LandObelisksBearing Fruit

You uprooted a vine from Egypt;
You drove out the nations and planted it.
Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtPlanting VineyardsThe Lord Drove Them Out

“Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire as fuel, so I will give up the residents of Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsThings Like People

It sprouted and became a spreading vine,
low in height with its branches turned toward him,
yet its roots stayed under it.
So it became a vine,
produced branches, and sent out shoots.
Verse ConceptsSpreadingSprouting PlantsSmall ThingsSproutingThose Subjected To People

Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,
planted by the water;
it was fruitful and full of branches
because of plentiful waters.
Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualRivers And StreamsVineyardAbundance, MaterialWater For PlantsBearing Fruitfruitfulness

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