Jeremiah 2:21 Cross References

Jeremiah 2:21

21: "How could this happen? When I planted you, I chose a vine of the purest stock--the very best. How did you grow into this corrupt wild vine?

What more could I have done to cultivate a rich harvest? Why did my vineyard give me wild grapes when I expected sweet ones?

You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain--the place you have made as your home, O LORD, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have made.

You brought us from Egypt as though we were a tender vine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.

You drove out the pagan nations and gave all the land to our ancestors; you crushed their enemies, setting our ancestors free.

Now Jesus turned to the people again and told them this story: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it out to tenant farmers, and moved to another country to live for several years.

Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom, from the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poison, and their clusters are bitter.

"Now listen to this story. A certain landowner planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.

Do as I say, and stay here in this land. If you do, I will be with you and bless you. I will give all this land to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.
I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, regulations, and laws."

Because he loved your ancestors, he chose to bless their descendants and personally brought you out of Egypt with a great display of power.

Then Jesus began telling them stories: "A man planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice, and built a lookout tower. Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers and moved to another country.

Now I will sing a song for the one I love about his vineyard: My beloved has a vineyard on a rich and fertile hill.
He plowed the land, cleared its stones, and planted it with choice vines. In the middle he built a watchtower and carved a winepress in the nearby rocks. Then he waited for a harvest of sweet grapes, but the grapes that grew were wild and sour.

"But as for you, Israel my servant, Jacob my chosen one, descended from my friend Abraham,

To all who mourn in Israel, he will give beauty for ashes, joy instead of mourning, praise instead of despair. For the LORD has planted them like strong and graceful oaks for his own glory.

See how Jerusalem, once so faithful, has become a prostitute. Once the home of justice and righteousness, she is now filled with murderers.

All your people will be righteous. They will possess their land forever, for I will plant them there with my own hands in order to bring myself glory.

Israel served the LORD throughout the lifetime of Joshua and of the leaders who outlived him--those who had personally experienced all that the LORD had done for Israel.

"Your name will no longer be Jacob," the man told him. "It is now Israel, because you have struggled with both God and men and have won."

I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the LORD and do what is right and just. Then I will do for him all that I have promised."

How the gold has lost its luster! Even the finest gold has become dull. The sacred gemstones lie scattered in the streets!

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