Jeremiah 2:21

New Century Version

But I planted you as a special vine, as a very good seed. How then did you turn into a wild vine that grows bad fruit?

Cross References

Isaiah 5:4

What more could I have done for my vineyard than I have already done? Although I expected good grapes to grow, why were there only bad ones?

Exodus 15:17

You will lead your people and place them on your very own mountain, the place that you, Lord, made for yourself to live, the temple, Lord, that your hands have made.

John 15:1

“I am the true vine; my Father is the gardener.

Psalm 44:2

With your power you forced the nations out of the land and placed our ancestors here. You destroyed those other nations, but you made our ancestors grow strong.

Psalm 80:8

You brought us out of Egypt as if we were a vine. You forced out other nations and planted us in the land.

Deuteronomy 4:37

Because the Lord loved your ancestors, he chose you, their descendants, and he brought you out of Egypt himself by his great strength.

Luke 20:9

Then Jesus told the people this story: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to some farmers. Then he went away for a long time.

Mark 12:1

Jesus began to use stories to teach the people. He said, “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it and dug a hole for a winepress and built a tower. Then he leased the land to some farmers and left for a trip.

Deuteronomy 32:32

Their vine comes from Sodom, and their fields are like Gomorrah. Their grapes are full of poison; their bunches of grapes are bitter.

Matthew 21:33

“Listen to this story: There was a man who owned a vineyard. He put a wall around it and dug a hole for a winepress and built a tower. Then he leased the land to some farmers and left for a trip.

Isaiah 61:3

and to help the sorrowing people of Jerusalem. I will give them a crown to replace their ashes, and the oil of gladness to replace their sorrow, and clothes of praise to replace their spirit of sadness. Then they will be called Trees of Goodness, trees planted by the Lord to show his greatness.

Isaiah 60:21

All of your people will do what is right. They will receive the earth forever. They are the plant I have planted, the work of my own hands to show my greatness.

Isaiah 41:8

The Lord says, “People of Israel, you are my servants. People of Jacob, I chose you. You are from the family of my friend Abraham.

Isaiah 1:21

The city of Jerusalem once followed the Lord, but she is no longer loyal to him. She used to be filled with fairness; people there lived the way God wanted. But now, murderers live there.

Psalm 105:6

You are descendants of his servant Abraham, the children of Jacob, his chosen people.

Joshua 24:31

The Israelites served the Lord during the lifetime of Joshua and during the lifetimes of the elders who lived after Joshua who had seen what the Lord had done for Israel.

Lamentations 4:1

See how the gold has lost its shine, how the pure gold has dulled! The stones of the Temple are scattered at every street corner.

Genesis 32:28

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel, because you have wrestled with God and with people, and you have won.”

Genesis 18:19

I have chosen him so he would command his children and his descendants to live the way the Lord wants them to, to live right and be fair. Then I, the Lord, will give Abraham what I promised him.”

Isaiah 27:2

At that time people will sing about the pleasant vineyard.

Jeremiah 11:17

The Lord All-Powerful, who planted you, has announced that disaster will come to you. This is because the families of Israel and Judah have done evil and have made him angry by burning incense to Baal.

Psalm 80:9

You cleared the ground for us. Like a vine, we took root and filled the land.

Jeremiah 5:10

“Go along and cut down Judah’s vineyards, but do not completely destroy them. Cut off all her people as if they were branches, because they do not belong to the Lord.

Jeremiah 11:16

The Lord called you “a leafy olive tree, with beautiful fruit and shape.” But with the roar of a strong storm he will set that tree on fire, and its branches will be burned up.

Ezekiel 15:2

“Human, is the wood of the vine better than the wood of any tree in the forest?