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How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine? <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> But I was the one who planted you, choosing a vine of the purest stock—the very best. How did you grow into this corrupt wild vine? <a href="/esv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> Yet I planted you a choice vine, wholly of pure seed. How then have you turned degenerate and become a wild vine? <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine? <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/2.htm">New King James Version</a> Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality. How then have you turned before Me Into the degenerate plant of an alien vine? <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Yet I planted you as a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned yourself before Me Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine? <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Yet I planted you a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned yourself before Me Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine? <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Yet I planted you a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned yourself before Me Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine? <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Yet I planted you a choice vine, A completely true seed. How then have you turned yourself before Me Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine? <a href="/amp/jeremiah/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Yet I had planted you [O house of Israel as] a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned against Me Into degenerate shoots of a foreign and wild vine [alien to Me]? <a href="/csb/jeremiah/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I planted you, a choice vine from the very best seed. How then could you turn into a degenerate, foreign vine? <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I planted you, a choice vine from the very best seed. How then could you turn into a degenerate, foreign vine? <a href="/asv/jeremiah/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me? <a href="/cev/jeremiah/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You were a choice grapevine, but you have become a wild, useless vine. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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? <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I planted you like a choice grapevine from the very best seed. Now you have turned against me and have become a wild vine. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> I planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. But look what you have become! You are like a rotten, worthless vine. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> I planted you myself as a choice vine, from the very best seed. How did you turn against me into a degenerate and foreign vine? <a href="/msb/jeremiah/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine? <a href="/net/jeremiah/2.htm">NET Bible</a> I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes? <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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? <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 to me? <a href="/web/jeremiah/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I planted you [as] a choice vine, wholly of true seed, "" And how have you been turned "" Into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine to Me? <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I planted thee a choice vine, wholly a true seed, And how hast thou been turned to Me, To the degenerate shoots of a strange vine? <a href="/slt/jeremiah/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I planted thee a vine of purple grapes, wholly a true seed: and how didst thou turn to me the removings of a strange vine?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Yet I planted thee a chosen vineyard, all true seed: how then art thou turned unto me into that which is good for nothing, O strange vineyard? <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Yet I planted you as an elect vineyard, with only true seed. Then how have you been turned away from me, toward that which is depraved, O strange vineyard? <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Bible</a> But I had planted you as a choice vine, all pedigreed stock; How could you turn out so obnoxious to me, a spurious vine? <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Yet I planted you as a choice vine, from the purest stock. How then did you turn degenerate and become a wild vine?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Yet I had planted you a good vine, wholly a right seed; why then have you turned against me and have become degenerate like a plant of a strange vine? <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I planted you a vine shoot of every seed of truth, and how were you turned against me, and you rebelled as an abnormal vine?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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? <a href="/sep/jeremiah/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Yet I planted thee a fruitful vine, entirely of the right sort: how art thou a strange vine turned to bitterness! <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=440" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">The Consequences of Israel's Sin</a> …20“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute. 21<a href="/hebrew/595.htm" title="595: wə·’ā·nō·ḵî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5193.htm" title="5193: nə·ṭa‘·tîḵ (V-Qal-Perf-1cs:: 2fs) -- To plant. A primitive root; properly, to strike in, i.e. Fix; specifically, to plant.">had planted you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kul·lōh (N-msc:: 3ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">like a choice</a> <a href="/hebrew/8321.htm" title="8321: śō·rêq (N-msc) -- (choice species of) the vine. Or sowreq; and soreqah; from sharaq in the sense of redness; a vine stock.">vine</a> <a href="/hebrew/571.htm" title="571: ’ĕ·meṯ (N-fs) -- Firmness, faithfulness, truth. Contracted from 'aman; stability; certainty, truth, trustworthiness.">from the very best</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: ze·ra‘ (N-msc) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">seed.</a> <a href="/hebrew/349.htm" title="349: wə·’êḵ (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- How?. Also eykah; and teykakah; prolonged from 'ay; how? Or how!; also where.">How</a> <a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015: neh·paḵt (V-Nifal-Perf-2fs) -- To turn, overturn. A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert.">could you turn yourself</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">before Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5494.htm" title="5494: sū·rê (Adj-mpc) -- Turned off, deteriorated. Probably passive participle of cuwr; turned off, i.e. Deteriorated.">into a rotten,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5237.htm" title="5237: nā·ḵə·rî·yāh (Adj-fs) -- Foreign, alien. From neker; strange, in a variety of degrees and applications.">wild</a> <a href="/hebrew/1612.htm" title="1612: hag·ge·p̄en (Art:: N-cs) -- A vine. From an unused root meaning to bend; a vine, especially the grape.">vine?</a> 22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a> I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. / He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour! / “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard. ... <a href="/ezekiel/15-1.htm">Ezekiel 15:1-8</a> Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest? / Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils? ... <a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">Matthew 21:33-41</a> Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. / But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. ... <a href="/hosea/10-1.htm">Hosea 10:1</a> Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars. <a href="/john/15-1.htm">John 15:1-8</a> “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard. / He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful. / You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ... <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8-16</a> You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it. / You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land. / The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches. ... <a href="/isaiah/27-2.htm">Isaiah 27:2-6</a> In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard. / I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it; / I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground. ... <a href="/romans/11-17.htm">Romans 11:17-24</a> Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, / do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. / You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.” ... <a href="/deuteronomy/32-32.htm">Deuteronomy 32:32-33</a> But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter. / Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras. <a href="/mark/12-1.htm">Mark 12:1-9</a> Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. / But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. ... <a href="/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9-16</a> Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time. / At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed. / So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed. ... <a href="/hosea/9-10.htm">Hosea 9:10</a> I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved. <a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21-23</a> See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! / Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water. / Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them. <a href="/ezekiel/19-10.htm">Ezekiel 19:10-14</a> Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters. / It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage. / But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them. ... <a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Micah 7:1-4</a> Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave. / The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. / Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to me?yet I<a href="/exodus/15-17.htm">Exodus 15:17</a> Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.<a href="/psalms/44-2.htm">Psalm 44:2</a> How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.<a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8</a> Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.wholly<a href="/genesis/18-19.htm">Genesis 18:19</a> For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.<a href="/genesis/26-3.htm">Genesis 26:3-5</a> Sojourn 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; … <a href="/genesis/32-28.htm">Genesis 32:28</a> And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.into the degenerate<a href="/deuteronomy/32-32.htm">Deuteronomy 32:32</a> For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:<a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a> How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.<a href="/isaiah/5-4.htm">Isaiah 5:4</a> What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/27-11.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/psalms/52-8.htm">Branching</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-11.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-12.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Faithful</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-12.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-8.htm">Noble</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-10.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-21.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-2.htm">Reliable</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-5.htm">Right</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-22.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-11.htm">Shoots</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-6.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-19.htm">Stock</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-4.htm">True.</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-5.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-10.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-16.htm">Vine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">Way</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-16.htm">Wholly</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-20.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Branches</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Branching</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-7.htm">Choice</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">Completely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-5.htm">Faithful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-35.htm">Noble</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-9.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-17.htm">Planted</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-1.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/john/8-26.htm">Reliable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-15.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Shoots</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-5.htm">Sound</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm">Stock</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-25.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-10.htm">True.</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Vine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Wholly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 2</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/2-1.htm">God having shown his former kindness, </a> 5. <a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt</a> 14. <a href="/jeremiah/2-14.htm">They are the causes of their own calamities</a> 18. <a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">The sins and idolatries of Judah</a> 35. <a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Her confidence is rejected.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>I had planted you like a choice vine This phrase reflects God's initial intention and care for Israel. The imagery of a vine is frequently used in Scripture to symbolize Israel (<a href="/isaiah/5.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>, <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8-16</a>). The choice vine indicates a selection of the best, suggesting God's favor and the potential He saw in His people. This planting signifies God's covenant relationship with Israel, where He nurtured and protected them, much like a gardener tends to a prized vine. The vine metaphor also points to the expectation of fruitfulness and righteousness, which God desired from Israel.from the very best seed The "very best seed" implies purity and quality, indicating that God provided Israel with everything necessary to thrive spiritually and morally. This can be seen as a reference to the patriarchs and the covenant promises given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The seed represents the foundational truths and laws given to Israel, which were meant to guide them in holiness and set them apart from other nations (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6-8</a>). The best seed also foreshadows the coming of Jesus Christ, the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises and the true vine (<a href="/john/15.htm">John 15:1</a>).How could you turn yourself before Me This phrase expresses God's astonishment and disappointment at Israel's unfaithfulness. The rhetorical question highlights the contrast between God's intentions and Israel's actions. It suggests a willful turning away, indicating that Israel's corruption was not due to external forces but their own choices. This turning away is akin to spiritual adultery, as Israel pursued other gods and forsook their covenant with Yahweh (Hosea 1-3). The phrase underscores the personal nature of Israel's rebellion, as it was done "before Me," emphasizing the direct affront to God.into a rotten, wild vine? The transformation into a "rotten, wild vine" signifies Israel's moral and spiritual decay. Wild vines were considered inferior and unproductive, often producing sour or bitter fruit. This imagery contrasts sharply with the "choice vine" and indicates a complete departure from God's intended purpose for Israel. The term "rotten" suggests corruption and worthlessness, reflecting the idolatry and injustice prevalent in Israel at the time (<a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13, 19</a>). This imagery is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus warns of the consequences of not abiding in Him, the true vine (<a href="/john/15-6.htm">John 15:6</a>). The wild vine serves as a warning of the dangers of forsaking God's ways and the inevitable judgment that follows.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by his deep emotional connection to his people and his unwavering commitment to God's truth. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was often warned by prophets like Jeremiah about their unfaithfulness to God. Judah's spiritual decline is a central theme in Jeremiah's prophecies. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god's_vineyard.htm">God's Vineyard</a> A metaphor used by God to describe His people, Israel. The vineyard represents God's care and cultivation, expecting them to produce good fruit, symbolizing righteousness and faithfulness. 4. <a href="/topical/c/choice_vine.htm">Choice Vine</a> Represents Israel's initial purity and potential when God first established them as His people. The "choice vine" signifies the best possible start given by God. 5. <a href="/topical/w/wild_vine.htm">Wild Vine</a> Symbolizes Israel's corruption and deviation from God's intended path. The transformation from a "choice vine" to a "wild vine" illustrates Israel's spiritual decline and unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_intentions_and_our_response.htm">God's Intentions and Our Response</a> God plants us with purpose and potential, much like He did with Israel. We must examine how we respond to His cultivation in our lives. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_spiritual_drift.htm">The Danger of Spiritual Drift</a> Just as Israel turned from a choice vine to a wild vine, we must be vigilant against spiritual drift and ensure we remain rooted in God's Word and truth. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_faithfulness.htm">The Call to Faithfulness</a> Our lives should reflect the fruit of righteousness. We are called to remain faithful to God, producing good fruit through our actions and character. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_repentance.htm">The Role of Repentance</a> When we recognize areas of unfaithfulness, repentance is crucial. God is always ready to restore us when we turn back to Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community.htm">The Importance of Community</a> Like a vineyard, our spiritual growth is often nurtured in community. We should seek fellowship and accountability to help us remain faithful.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 2</a> <a href="/q/what_does_it_mean_to_be_god's_chosen.htm">What does it mean to be God's chosen?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'sufficient_grace'_mean.htm">What does 'a time to plant and uproot' mean?</a> <a href="/q/verify_historical_basis_of_jesus's_'true_vine'.htm">John 15:1–2: How can we verify, historically or otherwise, that Jesus’s “true vine” metaphor reflects anything beyond cultural symbolism and legend? </a> <a href="/q/what's_the_meaning_of_'the_true_vine'.htm">What is the meaning of "The True Vine"?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) A noble vine.--Literally, a Sorek vine. Elsewhere rendered choice or choicest (<a href="/genesis/49-11.htm" title="Binding his foal to the vine, and his ass's colt to the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:">Genesis 49:11</a>; <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm" title="And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the middle of it, and also made a wine press therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.">Isaiah 5:2</a>). The word "Sorek" points primarily to the dark purple of the grape, and then to the valley of Sorek, between Ascalon and Gaza (<a href="/judges/16-4.htm" title="And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.">Judges 16:4</a>).Wholly a right seed.--Literally, a seed of truth, parallel with the "good seed" in the Parable of the Tares. Here, however, as in <a href="/context/isaiah/5-1.htm" title="Now will I sing to my well beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well beloved has a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>, which Jeremiah seems to have in his mind, stress is laid not on the mingling of the evil with the good, but on the degeneration which had changed the character of that which God had planted.Art thou turned . . .?--Better, hast thou changed thyself . . .?Plant.--Better, branches. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 21. - A noble vine. Jeremiah means the choicest kind of Oriental vine, called sorek (from the dark-red color of its grapes), and mentioned again in <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Isaiah 5:2</a>. The figure of the vine is one endeared to us by its association especially with our Lord; it was endeared to the Jews by the annual festivities of the vintage. The sacred writers are never afraid of its palling on the ear by repetition (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Jeremiah 5:10</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">Jeremiah 6:9</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10</a>; <a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Isaiah 5:1-7</a>; <a href="/isaiah/27-2.htm">Isaiah 27:2, 3</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/17-6.htm">Ezekiel 17:6</a>; <a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">Psalm 80:8-16</a>). A right seed; i.e. a vine-shoot of the genuine sort. "Seed" for "shoot," as in <a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Isaiah 17:11</a> (scrap. ver. 10). The degenerate plant; rather, degenerate shoots (if at least the text is right). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I had planted you נְטַעְתִּ֣יךְ (nə·ṭa‘·tîḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5193.htm">Strong's 5193: </a> To strike in, fix, to plant like a choice כֻּלֹּ֖ה (kul·lōh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every vine שֹׂרֵ֔ק (śō·rêq) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8321.htm">Strong's 8321: </a> (choice species of) the vine from the very best אֱמֶ֑ת (’ĕ·meṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_571.htm">Strong's 571: </a> Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness seed. זֶ֣רַע (ze·ra‘) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity How וְאֵיךְ֙ (wə·’êḵ) Conjunctive waw | Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_349.htm">Strong's 349: </a> How?, how!, where could you turn yourself נֶהְפַּ֣כְתְּ (neh·paḵt) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2015.htm">Strong's 2015: </a> To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert before me, לִ֔י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> into a rotten סוּרֵ֖י (sū·rê) Adjective - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5494.htm">Strong's 5494: </a> Turned off, deteriorated wild נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ (nā·ḵə·rî·yāh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5237.htm">Strong's 5237: </a> Foreign, alien vine? הַגֶּ֥פֶן (hag·ge·p̄en) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1612.htm">Strong's 1612: </a> A vine, the grape <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Jeremiah 2:21 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 2:21 Yet I had planted you a noble (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/2-22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>