Thematic Bible: Israe,l compared to an unfruitful vine


Thematic Bible



And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes. Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats

But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine? Verse ConceptsDebaucheryRejection Of God, Results OfVines

Israel is a branching vine, full of fruit; as his fruit is increased, so the number of his altars is increased; as the land is fair, so they have made fair pillars. Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Search ForVinesAltars, PaganSocial SelfishnessFertile LandObelisksBearing Fruit

You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtPlanting VineyardsThe Lord Drove Them Out

For this cause the Lord has said: Like the vine-tree among the trees of the woods which I have given to the fire for burning, so will I give the people of Jerusalem. Verse ConceptsThings Like People

And its growth went on and it became a vine, low and widely stretching, whose branches were turned to him and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, putting out branches and young leaves. Verse ConceptsSpreadingSprouting PlantsSmall ThingsSproutingThose Subjected To People

Your mother was in comparison like a vine, planted by the waters: she was fertile and full of branches because of the great waters. Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualRivers And StreamsVineyardAbundance, MaterialWater For PlantsBearing Fruitfruitfulness

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