Thematic Bible: Vineyards
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Hedges » Placed around » Vineyards
Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away.
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Mountains » Abounded with » Vineyards
Since he had many cattle both in the Judean foothills and the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many wells. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands.
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on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters will plant and will enjoy the fruit.
Vineyards » Illustrative » Of the jewish church
they have trampled My plot of land.
They have turned My desirable plot
into a desolate wasteland.
When He entered the temple complex, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? Who gave You this authority?”
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is the house of Israel,
and the men
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
sing about a desirable vineyard:
Vineyards » Frequently walled or fenced with hedges
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
but it yielded worthless grapes.
what I am about to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge,
and it will be consumed;
I will tear down its wall,
and it will be trampled.
Then the Angel of the Lord stood in a narrow passage between the vineyards, with a stone wall on either side.
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weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.
Vineyards » Members of the family often wrought in
for the sun has gazed on me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
they made me a keeper of the vineyards.
I have not kept my own vineyard.
"But what do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'My son, go, work in the vineyard today.' "He answered, 'I don't want to!' Yet later he changed his mind and went. Then the man went to the other and said the same thing. " 'I will, sir,' he answered. But he didn't go.
Vineyards » In unfavorable seasons produced but little wine
only six gallons,
and 10 bushels
only one bushel.
on the fields and the hills,
on the grain, new wine, olive oil,
and whatever the ground yields,
on man and beast,
and on all that your hands produce.”
“You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined it. Why?” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. “Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
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Vineyards » Frequently let out to husbandmen
He leased the vineyard to tenants.
Each was to bring for his fruit
1,000 pieces of silver.
Vineyards » Laws respecting » The gleaning of, to be left for the poor
You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident; I am Yahweh your God.
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When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not glean what is left. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
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Vineyards » Estimated rent of
every place where there were 1,000 vines,
worth 1,000 pieces of silver,
will become thorns and briers.
He leased the vineyard to tenants.
Each was to bring for his fruit
1,000 pieces of silver.
Vineyards » Laws respecting » The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the sabbatical year
You are not to reap what grows by itself from your crop, or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. It must be a year of complete rest for the land.
The fiftieth year will be your Jubilee; you are not to sow, reap what grows by itself, or harvest its untended vines.
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Vineyards » The design of planting
Who ever goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who shepherds a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?
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that yield a fruitful harvest.
Vineyards » Laws respecting » Not to be cultivated in the sabbatical year
But during the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that the poor among your people may eat from it and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
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But there will be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land in the seventh year, a Sabbath to the Lord: you are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.
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Vineyards » The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects, &c
the locust devoured
your many gardens and vineyards,
your fig trees and olive trees,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
You will plant and cultivate vineyards but not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
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Vineyards » The poor engaged in the culture of
But the commander of the guards left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
Vineyards » The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of
and exact a grain tax from him,
you will never live in the houses of cut stone
you have built;
you will never drink the wine
from the lush vineyards
you have planted.
and their houses a ruin.
They will build houses but never live in them,
plant vineyards but never drink their wine.
Vineyards » Provided with the apparatus for making wine
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
but it yielded worthless grapes.
Vineyards » Estimated profit arising from, to the cultivators
The 1,000 are for you, Solomon,
but 200 for those who guard its fruits.
Vineyards » Of the kings of israel superintended by officers of state
Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars.
Vineyards » Laws respecting » Strangers entering, allowed to eat fruit of, but not to take any away
“When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you want until you are full, but you must not put any in your container.
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Vineyards » Of the slothful man neglected and laid waste
I went by the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense. Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was ruined.
Vineyards » Laws respecting » Planters of, not liable to military service till they had eaten of the fruit
Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him leave and return home. Otherwise he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » Not to be planted with different kinds of seed
Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; otherwise, the entire harvest, both the crop you plant and the produce of the vineyard, will be defiled.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » The fruit of new, to be eaten by the owners from the fifth year
But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way its yield will increase for you; I am Yahweh your God.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » The fruit of new, to be holy to the lord in the fourth year
In the fourth year all its fruit must be consecrated as a praise offering to the Lord.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » The fruit of new, not to be eaten for three years
“When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you are to consider the fruit forbidden. It will be forbidden to you for three years; it is not to be eaten.
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Vineyards » The rechabites forbidden to plant
You must not build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. [Those things] are not for you. Rather, you must live in tents your whole life, so you may live a long time on the soil where you stay as a resident alien.' We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab, son of our ancestor Rechab, in all he commanded us. So we haven't drunk wine our whole life-we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters. We also have not built houses to live in and do not have vineyard, field, or seed.
Vineyards » The vintage or ingathering of » Sometimes continued to the time of sowing seed
Your threshing will continue until grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have plenty of food to eat and live securely in your land.
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Vineyards » The vintage or ingathering of » Failure in, occasioned great grief
So I join with Jazer to weep for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer [fruit] and your harvest. Joy and rejoicing have been removed from the orchard; no one is singing or shouting for joy in the vineyards. No one tramples grapes in the winepresses. I have put an end to the shouting.
Vineyards » The produce of, was frequently destroyed by enemies
with more than the weeping for Jazer.
Your tendrils have extended to the sea;
they have reached to the sea and to Jazer.
The destroyer has fallen on your summer fruit and grape harvest.
Vineyards » Mode of hiring and paying laborers for working in
"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the workers on one denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Vineyards » Were often mortgaged
Others were saying, "We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine." Still others were saying, "We have borrowed money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.
Vineyards » Rent of, frequently paid by part of the fruit
Vineyards » The vintage or ingathering of » Was a time of great rejoicing
no one is singing or shouting for joy in the vineyards.
No one tramples grapes
I have put an end to the shouting.
Vineyards » Illustrative » (gleaning grapes of,) of the elect
among the nations:
like a harvested olive tree,
like a gleaning after a grape harvest.
Vineyards » Illustrative » (failure of,) of severe calamities
you overconfident ones will shudder,
for the vintage will fail
and the harvest will not come.
Vineyards » Origin and antiquity of
Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.
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Vineyards » Laws respecting » Compensation in kind to be made for injury done to
“When a man lets a field or vineyard be grazed in, and then allows his animals to go and graze in someone else’s field, he must repay with the best of his own field or vineyard.
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Vineyards » Of red grapes particularly esteemed
sing about a desirable vineyard:
Vineyards » The stones carefully gathered out of
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
but it yielded worthless grapes.
Vineyards » Cottages built in, for the keepers
like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a shack in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.