He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine; his shoots spread out over his garden.
Jeremiah 11:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Lord named you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. He has set fire to it, and its branches are consumed , with the sound of a mighty tumult. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord [acknowledged you once to be worthy to be] called a green olive tree, fair and of good fruit; but with the roar of a great tempest He will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed. [Ps. 52:8; Jer. 21:14.] American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. Common English Bible The LORD named you, “A blossoming olive tree, fair and fruitful”; but with the blast of a powerful storm he will set it ablaze, until its branches are completely consumed. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord has called your name: a beautiful, fruitful, splendid, and productive olive tree. At the voice of a word, a great fire was kindled in it, and its greenery was burned up. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord called thy name, a plentiful olive-tree, fair, fruitful, and beautiful: at the noise of a word, a great fire was kindled in it and the branches thereof are burnt. |
He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine; his shoots spread out over his garden.
When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
I planted you, a choice vine from the very best seed. How then could you turn into a degenerate, foreign vine?
I will punish you according to what you have done – this is the Lord’s declaration. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around it.” ’
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Look, my anger #– #my burning wrath #– #is about to be poured out on this place, on people and animals, on the tree of the field, and on the produce of the land. My wrath will burn and not be quenched.’
His new branches will spread, and his splendour will be like the olive tree, his fragrance, like the forest of Lebanon.
The axe is already at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
You will have olive trees throughout your territory but not moisten your skin with oil, because your olives will drop off.
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.