Jeremiah 2:21
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
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Genesis 26:3sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Exodus 15:17Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, 1 In the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, 1 In the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. 1
Deuteronomy 32:32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, 1 And of the fields of Gomorrah: 1 Their grapes are grapes of gall, 1 Their clusters are bitter: 1
Psalms 44:2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; 1 How thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 1
Psalms 80:9Thou preparedst room before it, 1 And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 1
Isaiah 1:21How is the faithful city become a harlot! 1 It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; 1 But now murderers. 1
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:21-29
Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. 21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? 22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God . 23 How canst thou… Read the whole commentary →