Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I had planted thee a choice vine, 1 wholly a zera emes. 1 How then art thou turned into the degenerate plant 1 of a gefen nochriyah unto Me? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 long ago I have broken thy ol (yoke), 1 and tore off thy bonds; 1 and thou saidst: I will not serve; 1 when upon every high hill 1 and under every green tree 1 thou hast sprawled, playing the zonah. 1

22For though thou wash thee with lye, 1 and take thee much soap, 1 yet thine avon (iniquity) is marked before Me, saith Adonoi Hashem. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 26:3Sojourn in ha'aretz hazot, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy zera, I will give all these lands, and I will perform the shevu'ah (oath) which I swore unto Avraham avichah;

Exodus 15:17Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them 1 in the har of Thine nachalah, 1 in the place, Hashem, which Thou hast made 1 for Thee to dwell in, 1 in the Mikdash, Adonoi, 1 which Thy hands have established. 1

Deuteronomy 32:32For their gefen is of the gefen of Sodom, 1 and of the fields of Amora (Gomorrah); 1 their grapes are grapes of poison, 1 their clusters are bitter; 1

Psalms 44:2We have heard with our oznayim, O Elohim, 1 Avoteinu have told us, 1 what po'al (work) Thou hast wrought in their days, 1 in the times of old. 1

Psalms 80:9Thou hast brought a gefen (vine) out of Mitzrayim; 1 Thou hast drove out Goyim, and planted it. 1

Isaiah 1:21How is the Kiryah Ne'emanah (Faithful City, i.e., Yerushalayim) become a zonah (harlot)! 1 It was full of mishpat; 1 tzedek 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 →

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