Your motherwas like a vinein your vineyard, Plantedby the waters;It was fruitfuland fullof branchesBecauseof abundantwaters.
He will be like a tree[firmly] plantedby streamsof water,Whichyieldsits fruitin its seasonAnd its leafdoes not wither;And in whateverhe does,he prospers.
Your wifeshall be like a fruitfulvineWithinyour house,Your childrenlike oliveplantsAroundyour table.
"Then it sproutedand becamea low,spreadingvinewith its branchesturnedtowardhim, but its rootsremainedunderit. So it becamea vineand yieldedshootsand sentout branches.
And nowit is plantedin the wilderness,In a dryand thirstyland.
and say,Whatwas your mother?A lionessamonglions!She laydownamongyounglions,She rearedher cubs.
"Contendwith your mother,contend,For she is not my wife,and I am not her husband;And let her putawayher harlotryfrom her faceAnd her adulteryfrom betweenher breasts,
"For their motherhas playedthe harlot;She who conceivedthem has actedshamefully.For she said,I will goaftermy lovers,Who give[me] my breadand my water,My wooland my flax,my oiland my drink.'
"I amthe true vine,and My Fatheris the vinedresser.
"For the LORDyour Godis bringingyou into a goodland,a landof brooksof water,of fountainsand springs,flowingforthin valleysand hills;
a landwhereyou will eatfoodwithoutscarcity,in which you will not lackanything;a landwhosestonesare iron,and out of whose hillsyou can digcopper.
