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?"

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed,.... It is usual to compare the people of the Jews to a vineyard, and to vines; and their settlement in the land of Canaan to the planting of vines

in a vineyard; see Isa 5:1 . Kimchi says this is spoken concerning Abraham; no doubt respect is had to the Jewish fathers, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs, Moses, Joshua, and Caleb, and the like; who, having the true and right seed of grace in them, became like choice and noble vines, and brought forth much fruit, and were deserving of imitation by their posterity: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? like a vine that grows in the woods, and brings forth wild grapes; so these, their sons, degenerating in practice from their fathers, became corrupt in themselves, and unprofitable to God. The Targum of the whole is, "I set you before me as the plant of a choice vine, all of you doing truth; but how are you changed before me in your corrupt works? ye have declined from my worship, ye are become as a vine in which there is no profit.''

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (11 words)

H0595 אָנֹכִי
Definition:

9אָֽנֹכִ֑יpronoun 1 singular commonI;Genesis 3:10;Genesis 7:4;Genesis 15:1,2;Genesis 16:5#NAME?הֲהֶאָנֹכִיNumbers 11:12;Job 21:4. (Assyriananâku, Phoenician & Moabiteאנך: not in Arabic, Aramaic, Ethio 9אָֽנֹכִ֑יpronoun 1 singular commonI;Genesis 3:10;Genesis 7:4;Genesis 15:1,2;Genesis 16:5#NAME?הֲהֶאָנֹכִיNumbers 11:12;Job 21:4. (Assyriananâku, Phoenician & Moabiteאנך: not in Arabic, Aramaic, Ethio

H5193 נָטַע
Definition:

—QalPerfect3masculine singularNumbers 24:6+, 2 masculine singularנָטָ֑עֵתָּDeuteronomy 6:11, suffix 3masculine pluralנְטַעְתָּםJeremiah 12:2; 1singularנָטַ֫עְתִּיJeremiah 45:42t.,וְנָטַעְתִּ֫יJeremiah —QalPerfect3masculine singularNumbers 24:6+, 2 masculine singularנָטָ֑עֵתָּDeuteronomy 6:11, suffix 3masculine pluralנְטַעְתָּםJeremiah 12:2; 1singularנָטַ֫עְתִּיJeremiah 45:42t.,וְנָטַעְתִּ֫יJeremiah

Possible Meanings:
  • plantation (semantic_range)
  • planting (semantic_range)
  • plant (semantic_range)
H8321 שׂרֵק
Definition:

Or sowreq {so-rake'}; and (feminine) soreqah {so- ray-kaw'}; fromsharaqin the sense of redness (comparesaruq); a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety) -- choice(-st, n Or sowreq {so-rake'}; and (feminine) soreqah {so- ray-kaw'}; fromsharaqin the sense of redness (comparesaruq); a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety) -- choice(-st, n

Possible Meanings:
  • hiss (semantic_range)
  • whistle (semantic_range)
  • pipe (semantic_range)
H3605 כֹּל
Definition:

8 Kt.),noun masculinethe whole, all(Moabite, Phoenician,id.; Aramaicכּוֺל,; Arabic; Sabeanכל, compare DHMEpigr. Denk. 36-38; EthiopicAssyriankullatu) — absoluteכֹּל, constructכֹּלGenesis 2:5,16,20 #NA 8 Kt.),noun masculinethe whole, all(Moabite, Phoenician,id.; Aramaicכּוֺל,; Arabic; Sabeanכל, compare DHMEpigr. Denk. 36-38; EthiopicAssyriankullatu) — absoluteכֹּל, constructכֹּלGenesis 2:5,16,20 #NA

H2233 זֶרַע
Definition:

38sowing, seed, offspring(Late Hebrewid., Aramaicזְרַע,; Phoenicianזרע; Zinjirliid.; Arabicseed-produce, seed; EthiopicAssyrianzêru,cultivated land, BelserBAS ii. 130,compare Arabic) — absolute׳זGenes 38sowing, seed, offspring(Late Hebrewid., Aramaicזְרַע,; Phoenicianזרע; Zinjirliid.; Arabicseed-produce, seed; EthiopicAssyrianzêru,cultivated land, BelserBAS ii. 130,compare Arabic) — absolute׳זGenes

H0571 אֶמֶת
Definition:

48106t.; suffixאֲמִתּוֺ,אֲמִתְּךָPsalm 91:418t.1reliability, sureness:דֶּרֶח אֱמֶתsure wayGenesis 24:48(J);שׂכראמתsure rewardProverbs 11:18;אות אמתsure tokenJoshua 2:12(J);זֶרַע אמתJeremiah 2:21.2stab 48106t.; suffixאֲמִתּוֺ,אֲמִתְּךָPsalm 91:418t.1reliability, sureness:דֶּרֶח אֱמֶתsure wayGenesis 24:48(J);שׂכראמתsure rewardProverbs 11:18;אות אמתsure tokenJoshua 2:12(J);זֶרַע אמתJeremiah 2:21.2stab

Possible Meanings:
  • firmness (semantic_range)
  • faithfulness (semantic_range)
  • stability (semantic_range)
H0349 אֵיךְ
Definition:

9;2 Samuel 1:5,14;1 Kings 12:6;Isaiah 20:6and elsewhere; often with imperfect (especially in 1 person) in an expostulationGenesis 39:9;Genesis 44:8,34;Joshua 9:7;2 Samuel 2:22;2 Samuel 12:18;Psalm 137 9;2 Samuel 1:5,14;1 Kings 12:6;Isaiah 20:6and elsewhere; often with imperfect (especially in 1 person) in an expostulationGenesis 39:9;Genesis 44:8,34;Joshua 9:7;2 Samuel 2:22;2 Samuel 12:18;Psalm 137

Possible Meanings:
  • How? (semantic_range)
  • How! (semantic_range)
H2015 הָפַךְ
Definition:

313t.;וְהָפַךְconsecutive2 Kings 21:13;Job 34:25; 3masculine pluralהָֽפְכוּPsalm 78:9;הֲפַכְתֶּםAmos 6:12;Jeremiah 23:36, etc.;ImperfectיַהֲפֹךְLamentations 3:3;Jeremiah 13:23;וַיַּהֲפֹךְGenesis 19:25 313t.;וְהָפַךְconsecutive2 Kings 21:13;Job 34:25; 3masculine pluralהָֽפְכוּPsalm 78:9;הֲפַכְתֶּםAmos 6:12;Jeremiah 23:36, etc.;ImperfectיַהֲפֹךְLamentations 3:3;Jeremiah 13:23;וַיַּהֲפֹךְGenesis 19:25

Possible Meanings:
  • the contrary (semantic_range)
  • contrariness (semantic_range)
  • perversity (semantic_range)
  • the contrary (semantic_range)
  • opposite thing (semantic_range)
H5494 סוּר
Definition:

Probably passive participle ofcuwr; turned off, i.e. Deteriorated -- degenerate.see HEBREWcuwrNAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Originthe same assur, q.v.Topical LexiconOverviewThe term סוּר (Strong’s He Probably passive participle ofcuwr; turned off, i.e. Deteriorated -- degenerate.see HEBREWcuwrNAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Originthe same assur, q.v.Topical LexiconOverviewThe term סוּר (Strong’s He

Possible Meanings:
  • turn aside (semantic_range)
  • turn aside (semantic_range)
  • depart (semantic_range)
  • be removed (semantic_range)
  • come to an end (semantic_range)
H1612 גֶּפֶן
Definition:

13+ (masculineonlyHosea 10:1, perhaps influence ofיִשְׂרָאֵל2 Kings 4:39)vine(Late Hebrewid., Arabic(Yemen), Assyriangapnu, compare ZehnpfBAS i. 633; Aramaicגּוֺפַן,גֶּפֶן,, plural) —׳גGenesis 40:938t 13+ (masculineonlyHosea 10:1, perhaps influence ofיִשְׂרָאֵל2 Kings 4:39)vine(Late Hebrewid., Arabic(Yemen), Assyriangapnu, compare ZehnpfBAS i. 633; Aramaicגּוֺפַן,גֶּפֶן,, plural) —׳גGenesis 40:938t

H5237 נָכְרִי
Definition:

8+; feminineנָכְרִיָּהExodus 2:22+; masculine pluralנָכְרִיםIsaiah 2:62t. +Proverbs 20:16Kt (> Qrנָכְרִיָּה), +Proverbs 27:13(so read forᵑ0נָכְרִיָּה); feminine pluralנָכְרִיּוֺתGenesis 31:15+; —1. a. 8+; feminineנָכְרִיָּהExodus 2:22+; masculine pluralנָכְרִיםIsaiah 2:62t. +Proverbs 20:16Kt (> Qrנָכְרִיָּה), +Proverbs 27:13(so read forᵑ0נָכְרִיָּה); feminine pluralנָכְרִיּוֺתGenesis 31:15+; —1. a.

Possible Meanings:
  • foreign (semantic_range)
  • alien (semantic_range)

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