Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I planted thee a fruitful vine, entirely of the right sort: how art thou a strange vine turned to bitterness!

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

20For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, and plucked asunder thy bands; and thou hast said, I will not serve thee, but will go upon every high hill, and under every shady tree, there will I indulge in my fornication.

22Though thou shouldest wash thyself with niter, and multiply to thyself soap, still thou art stained by thine iniquities before me, saith the Lord.

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Cross References

Genesis 26:3And sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee, and bless thee, for I will give to thee and to thy seed all this land; and I will establish my oath which I swore to thy father Abraham.

Exodus 15:17Bring them in and plant them in the mountain of their inheritance, 1 In thy prepared habitation, which thou, O Lord, hast prepared; 1 The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have made ready. 1

Deuteronomy 32:32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, 1 And their vine-branch of Gomorrah: 1 Their grape is a grape of gall, 1 Their cluster is one of bitterness. 1

Psalms 44:2My heart has uttered a good matter: 1 I declare my works to the king: 1 My tongue is the pen of a quick writer. 1

Psalms 80:9Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel; 1 And I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me; 1

Isaiah 1:21How has the faithful city Zion, once full of judgment, become a harlot! wherein righteousness lodged, but now murderers.

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 →

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