⁸ Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the ^(A)rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds.

²⁴ And all the trees of the field shall know that I, the Lord, ^(A)have brought down the high tree and exalted the low tree, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish; ^(B)I, the Lord, have spoken and have done it.”

The True Vine

15 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. ^2 (A)Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He ^[a]takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear ^(B)more fruit. ^3 (C)You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. ^4 (D)Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

⁵ “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much ^(E)fruit; for without Me you can do ^(F)nothing. ⁶ If anyone does not abide in Me, ^(G)he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

⁵ And it shall be that the rod of the man ^(A)whom I choose will blossom; thus I will rid Myself of the complaints of the children of Israel, ^(B)which they make against you.”

^(B)This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

The Renewal of Zion

¹⁰ and in the vine were three branches; it was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes.