'Shoots' in the Bible
He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine;his shoots spread out over his garden.
There is hope for a tree:If it is cut down, it will sprout again,and its shoots will not die.
He will not escape from the darkness;flames will wither his shoots,and by the breath of God’s mouth, he will depart.
It sent out sprouts toward the Seaand shoots toward the River.
For Heshbon’s terraced vineyardsand the grapevines of Sibmah have withered.The rulers of the nationshave trampled its choice vinesthat reached as far as Jazerand spread to the desert.Their shoots spread outand reached the Dead Sea.
For before the harvest, when the blossoming is overand the blossom becomes a ripening grape,He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife,and tear away and remove the branches.
Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them,but do not finish them off.Prune away her shoots,for they do not belong to the Lord.
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.
This is what the Lord God says:I will take a sprigfrom the lofty top of the cedar and plant it.I will pluck a tender sprigfrom its topmost shoots,and I will plant iton a high towering mountain.