Jeremiah 2:21
2:20 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. transgress: or, serveYet 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?
KJV
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?
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?
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?
What does Jeremiah 2:21 mean?
Jeremiah 2:21 is a verse in the book of Jeremiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָטַע (nâṭaʻ), שֹׂרֵק (sôrêq), אֶמֶת (ʼemeth). It connects to 3 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Cross-references
Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.
Jeremiah 26:3If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
Jeremiah 30:22And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
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Verses like this
Other verses that share key original-language words with Jeremiah 2:21.
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
Isaiah 5:2And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. fenced: or, made a wall about made: Heb. hewed
Psalms 80:8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Frequently asked questions
What does Jeremiah 2:21 say?
Jeremiah 2:21 (King James Version) reads: "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?"
Is Jeremiah 2:21 in the Old or New Testament?
Jeremiah 2:21 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Jeremiah.
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