Jeremiah 2:21

Contemporary English Version 1995

You were a choice grapevine, but you have become a wild, useless vine.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I have done for my vineyard? I hoped for sweet grapes, but bitter grapes were all that grew.

Exodus 15:17

You will let your people settle on your own mountain, where you chose to live and to be worshiped.

John 15:1

Jesus said to his disciples: I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

Psalm 44:2

You chased off the nations by causing them trouble with your powerful arm. Then you let our ancestors take over their land.

Psalm 80:8

We were like a grapevine you brought out of Egypt. You chased other nations away and planted us here.

Deuteronomy 4:37

The Lord loved your ancestors and decided that you would be his people. So the Lord used his great power to bring you out of Egypt.

Luke 20:9

Jesus told the people this story: A man once planted a vineyard and rented it out. Then he left the country for a long time.

Mark 12:1

Jesus then told them this story: A farmer once planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it and dug a pit to crush the grapes in. He also built a lookout tower. Then he rented out his vineyard and left the country.

Deuteronomy 32:32

Our enemies are grapevines rooted in the fields of Sodom and Gomorrah. The grapes they produce are full of bitter poison;

Matthew 21:33

Jesus told the chief priests and leaders to listen to this story: A land owner once planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it and dug a pit to crush the grapes in. He also built a lookout tower. Then he rented out his vineyard and left the country.

Isaiah 61:3

especially in Jerusalem. He sent me to give them flowers in place of their sorrow, olive oil in place of tears, and joyous praise in place of broken hearts. They will be called “Trees of Justice,” planted by the Lord to honor his name.

Isaiah 60:21

Your people will live right and always own the land; they are the trees I planted to bring praise to me.

Isaiah 41:8

Israel, you are my servant. I chose you, the family of my friend Abraham.

Isaiah 1:21

Jerusalem, you are like an unfaithful wife. Once your judges were honest and your people lived right; now you are a city full of murderers.

Psalm 105:6

You belong to the family of Abraham, his servant; you are his chosen ones, the descendants of Jacob.

Joshua 24:31

As long as Joshua lived, Israel worshiped and obeyed the Lord. There were other leaders old enough to remember everything that the Lord had done for Israel. And for as long as these men lived, Israel continued to worship and obey the Lord.

Lamentations 4:1

The purest gold is ruined and has lost its shine; jewels from the temple lie scattered in the streets.

Genesis 32:28

The man said, “From now on, your name will no longer be Jacob. You will be called Israel, because you have wrestled with God and with men, and you have won.”

Genesis 18:19

I have chosen him to teach his family to obey me forever and to do what is right and fair. If they do, I will give Abraham many descendants, just as I promised.”

Isaiah 27:2

At that time you must sing about a fruitful vineyard.

Jeremiah 11:17

I am the Lord All-Powerful. You people of Judah were like a tree that I had planted, but you have made me angry by offering sacrifices to Baal, just as the northern kingdom did. And now I'm going to pull you up by the roots. *

Psalm 80:9

Then you cleared the ground, and we put our roots deep, spreading over the land.

Jeremiah 5:10

I will tell their enemies, “Go through my vineyard. Don't destroy the vines, but cut off the branches, because they are the people who don't belong to me.”

Jeremiah 11:16

Once you were like an olive tree covered with fruit. But soon I will send a noisy mob to break off your branches and set you on fire.

Ezekiel 15:2

Ezekiel, son of man, what happens to the wood of a grapevine after the grapes have been picked? It isn't like other trees in the forest,