Verse 5

For before{H6440} the harvest,{H7105} when the blossom{H6525} is over,{H8552} and the flower{H5328} becometh a ripening{H1580} grape,{H1155} he will cut off{H3772} the sprigs{H2150} with pruning-hooks,{H4211} and the spreading branches{H5189} will he take away{H5493} [and] cut down.{H8456}

Referenced Verses

• Song 2:13 : 13 The fig-tree{H8384} ripeneth{H2590} her green figs,{H6291} And the vines{H1612} are in blossom;{H5563} They give{H5414} forth their fragrance.{H7381} Arise,{H6965} my love,{H7474} my fair one,{H3303} and come away.{H3212}
• Ezek 17:6-9 : 6 And it grew,{H6779} and became a spreading{H5628} vine{H1612} of low{H8217} stature,{H6967} whose branches{H1808} turned{H6437} toward him, and the roots{H8328} thereof were under him: so it became a vine,{H1612} and brought forth{H6213} branches,{H905} and shot{H7971} forth sprigs.{H6288} 7 There was also another{H259} great{H1419} eagle{H5404} with great{H1419} wings{H3671} and many{H7227} feathers:{H5133} and, behold, this vine{H1612} did bend{H3719} its roots{H8328} toward him, and shot forth{H7971} its branches{H1808} toward him, from the beds{H6170} of its plantation,{H4302} that he might water{H8248} it. 8 It was planted{H8362} in a good{H2896} soil{H7704} by many{H7227} waters,{H4325} that it might bring forth{H6213} branches,{H6057} and that it might bear{H5375} fruit,{H6529} that it might be a goodly{H155} vine.{H1612} 9 Say{H559} thou, Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Shall it prosper?{H6743} shall he not pull up{H5423} the roots{H8328} thereof, and cut off{H7082} the fruit{H6529} thereof, that it may wither;{H3001} that all its fresh springing{H6780} leaves{H2964} may wither?{H3001} and not by a strong{H1419} arm{H2220} or much{H7227} people{H5971} can it be raised{H5375} from the roots{H8328} thereof. 10 Yea, behold, being planted,{H8362} shall it prosper?{H6743} shall it not utterly{H3001} wither,{H3001} when the east{H6921} wind{H7307} toucheth{H5060} it? it shall wither{H3001} in the beds{H6170} where it grew.{H6780}
• Song 2:15 : 15 Take{H270} us the foxes,{H7776} the little{H6996} foxes,{H7776} That spoil{H2254} the vineyards;{H3754} For our vineyards{H3754} are in blossom.{H5563}
• Isa 17:10-11 : 10 For thou hast forgotten{H7911} the God{H430} of thy salvation,{H3468} and hast not been mindful{H2142} of the rock{H6697} of thy strength;{H4581} therefore thou plantest{H5193} pleasant{H5282} plants,{H5193} and settest{H2232} it with strange{H2114} slips.{H2156} 11 In the day{H3117} of thy planting{H5194} thou hedgest{H7735} it in, and in the morning{H1242} thou makest thy seed{H2233} to blossom;{H6524} but the harvest{H7105} fleeth away{H5067} in the day{H3117} of grief{H2470} and of desperate{H605} sorrow.{H3511}