Jeremiah 2:21
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
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Genesis 26:3Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
Exodus 15:17You shall bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance,the place, Lord, which you have made for yourself to dwell in;the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
Deuteronomy 32:32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,of the fields of Gomorrah.Their grapes are grapes of gall,Their clusters are bitter.
Psalms 44:2You drove out the nations with your hand,but you planted them.You afflicted the peoples,but you spread them abroad.
Psalms 80:9You cleared the ground for it.It took deep root, and filled the land.
Isaiah 1:21How the faithful city has become a prostitute!She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her,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 →