You cleared[the ground] beforeit, And it tookdeeprootand filledthe land.
"I will also appointa placefor My peopleIsraeland will plantthem, that they may livein their own placeand not be disturbedagain,norwill the wickedafflictthem anymoreas formerly,
Judahand Israel[were] as numerousas the sandthat is on the seashorein abundance;[they] were eatingand drinkingand rejoicing.
So Judahand Israellivedin safety,everymanunderhis vineand his figtree,from Daneven to Beersheba,allthe daysof Solomon.
Joabgavethe numberof the censusof [all] the peopleto David.And allIsraelwere 1,100,000menwho drewthe sword;and Judah[was] 470,000menwho drewthe sword.
He gavethem also the landsof the nations,That they might takepossessionof [the fruit of] the peoples'labor,
For by their own swordthey did not possessthe land,And their own armdid not savethem, But Your righthandand Your armand the lightof Your presence,For You favoredthem.
In that day,"A vineyardof wine,singof it!
In the days to comeJacobwill takeroot,Israelwill blossomand sprout,And they will fillthe wholeworldwith fruit.
"The survivingremnantof the houseof Judahwill againtake rootdownwardand bearfruitupward.
He dugit all around,removedits stones,And plantedit with the choicestvine.And He builta towerin the middleof it And alsohewedout a winevatin it; Then He expected[it] to produce[good] grapes,But it produced[only] worthlessones.
You have plantedthem, they have alsotakenroot;They grow,they have evenproducedfruit.You are nearto their lipsBut farfrom their mind.
"Yet I plantedyou a choicevine,A completelyfaithfulseed.Howthen have you turnedyourself before Me Into the degenerateshoots of a foreignvine?
Then I sentthe hornetbeforeyou and it droveout the twokingsof the Amoritesfrom beforeyou, [but] not by your swordor your bow.
