Isaiah 5:2
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2 He dug it up and cleared out its stones,
And planted it with the choicest vine.
He built a tower in its midst,
And also [a]made a winepress in it;
(A)So He expected it to bring forth good grapes,
But it brought forth wild grapes.
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- Isaiah 5:2 Lit. hewed out
Jeremiah 2:21
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21 Yet I had (A)planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality.
How then have you turned before Me
Into (B)the degenerate plant of an alien vine?
Deuteronomy 32:32-33
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32 For (A)their vine is of the vine of Sodom
And of the fields of Gomorrah;
Their grapes are grapes of gall,
Their clusters are bitter.
33 Their wine is (B)the poison of serpents,
And the cruel (C)venom of cobras.
1 Corinthians 9:7
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7 Who ever (A)goes to war at his own expense? Who (B)plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who (C)tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?
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Luke 13:6-7
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The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree
6 He also spoke this parable: (A)“A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it [a]use up the ground?’
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- Luke 13:7 waste
Mark 11:13
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13 (A)And seeing from afar a fig tree having leaves, He went to see if perhaps He would find something on it. When He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
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Isaiah 1:2-4
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The Wickedness of Judah
2 (A)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth!
For the Lord has spoken:
“I have nourished and brought up children,
And they have rebelled against Me;
3 (B)The ox knows its owner
And the donkey its master’s [a]crib;
But Israel (C)does not know,
My people do not [b]consider.”
4 Alas, sinful nation,
A people [c]laden with iniquity,
(D)A [d]brood of evildoers,
Children who are corrupters!
They have forsaken the Lord,
They have provoked to anger
The Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away backward.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:3 manger or feed trough
- Isaiah 1:3 understand
- Isaiah 1:4 Lit. heavy, weighed down
- Isaiah 1:4 offspring, seed
Revelation 14:18-20
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18 And another angel came out from the altar, (A)who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, (B)“Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” 19 So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into (C)the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And (D)the winepress was trampled (E)outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, (F)up to the horses’ bridles, for one thousand six hundred [a]furlongs.
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- Revelation 14:20 Lit. stadia, about 184 miles in all
Luke 20:10-18
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10 Now at [a]vintage-time he (A)sent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also and cast him out.
13 “Then the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Probably they will respect him when they see him.’ 14 But when the vinedressers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the (B)heir. Come, (C)let us kill him, that the inheritance may be (D)ours.’ 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard and (E)killed him. Therefore what will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 16 He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to (F)others.”
And when they heard it they said, “Certainly not!”
17 Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written:
(G)‘The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone’?
18 Whoever falls on that stone will be (H)broken; but (I)on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”
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- Luke 20:10 Lit. the season
Mark 12:2
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2 Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that he might receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the vinedressers.
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Matthew 21:34
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34 Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit.
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Matthew 21:19
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19 (A)And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away.
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Micah 4:8
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8 And you, O tower of the flock,
The stronghold of the daughter of Zion,
To you shall it come,
Even the former dominion shall come,
The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.”
Hosea 10:1
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Israel’s Sin and Captivity
10 Israel (A)empties his vine;
He brings forth fruit for himself.
According to the multitude of his fruit
(B)He has increased the altars;
According to the bounty of his land
They have embellished his sacred pillars.
Isaiah 63:2-3
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2 Why (A)is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?
3 “I have (B)trodden the winepress alone,
And from the peoples no one was with Me.
For I have trodden them in My anger,
And trampled them in My fury;
Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments,
And I have stained all My robes.
Isaiah 5:7
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7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.
He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;
For righteousness, but behold, [a]a cry for help.
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- Isaiah 5:7 wailing
Isaiah 1:21-23
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The Degenerate City
21 (A)How the faithful city has become a [a]harlot!
It was full of justice;
Righteousness lodged in it,
But now (B)murderers.
22 (C)Your silver has become dross,
Your wine mixed with water.
23 (D)Your princes are rebellious,
And (E)companions of thieves;
(F)Everyone loves bribes,
And follows after rewards.
They (G)do not defend the fatherless,
Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
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- Isaiah 1:21 Unfaithful
Isaiah 1:8
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8 So the daughter of Zion is left (A)as a [a]booth in a vineyard,
As a hut in a garden of cucumbers,
(B)As a besieged city.
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- Isaiah 1:8 shelter
Psalm 44:1-3
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Redemption Remembered in Present Dishonor
To the Chief Musician. A (A)Contemplation[a] of the sons of Korah.
44 We have heard with our ears, O God,
(B)Our fathers have told us,
The deeds You did in their days,
In days of old:
2 (C)You drove out the [b]nations with Your hand,
But them You planted;
You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.
3 For (D)they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword,
Nor did their own arm save them;
But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance,
(E)Because You favored them.
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- Psalm 44:1 Heb. Maschil
- Psalm 44:2 Gentiles, heathen
Nehemiah 13:15
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15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses (A)on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, (B)which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them about the day on which they were selling provisions.
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Judges 16:4
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4 Afterward it happened that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
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Deuteronomy 32:8-9
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8 When the Most High (A)divided their inheritance to the nations,
When He (B)separated the sons of Adam,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the [a]children of Israel.
9 For (C)the Lord’s portion is His people;
Jacob is the place of His inheritance.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:8 LXX, DSS angels of God; Symmachus, Lat. sons of God
Deuteronomy 32:6
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6 Do you thus (A)deal[a] with the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is He not (B)your Father, who (C)bought you?
Has He not (D)made you and established you?
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- Deuteronomy 32:6 repay the
Numbers 23:9
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9 For from the top of the rocks I see him,
And from the hills I behold him;
There! (A)A people dwelling alone,
(B)Not reckoning itself among the nations.
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