Judges 9:13
But the grapevine said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!’
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- Ps 104:15 : 15 as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people’s lives.
- Prov 31:6 : 6 Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;
- Eccl 10:19 : 19 Feasts are made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
- Num 15:5 : 5 You must also prepare one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering with the burnt offering or the sacrifice for each lamb.
- Num 15:7 : 7 and for a drink offering you must offer one-third of a hin of wine as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Num 15:10 : 10 and you must present as the drink offering half a hin of wine with the fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
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10 “So the trees said to the fig tree,‘You come and be our king!’
11 But the fig tree said to them,‘I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above the other trees!’
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1 Burning a Useless Vine The LORD’s message came to me:
2 “Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?
3 Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?
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5 He took one of the seedlings of the land, placed it in a cultivated plot; a shoot by abundant water, like a willow he planted it.
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7 “‘There was another great eagle with broad wings and thick plumage. Now this vine twisted its roots toward him and sent its branches toward him to be watered from the soil where it was planted.
8 In a good field, by abundant waters, it was planted to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a beautiful vine.
9 “‘Say to them: This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.
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1 A Love Song Gone Sour I will sing to my love– a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill.
2 He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.
3 So now, residents of Jerusalem, people of Judah, you decide between me and my vineyard!
4 What more can I do for my vineyard beyond what I have already done? When I waited for it to produce edible grapes, why did it produce sour ones instead?
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6 His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.
7 People will reside again in his shade; they will plant and harvest grain in abundance. They will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon.
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33 Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms.
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7 The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan.
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11 Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River.
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16 The trees of the LORD receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,
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6 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire– so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem as fuel.
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14 For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; they will be among mere mortals, with those who descend to the Pit.
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12 My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.
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9 I made it beautiful with its many branches; all the trees of Eden, in the garden of God, envied it.
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10 then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
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8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it.
9 You cleared the ground for it; it took root, and filled the land.
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21 I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes?
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12 The vine has dried up; the fig tree languishes– the pomegranate, date, and apple as well. In fact, all the trees of the field have dried up. Indeed, the joy of the people has dried up!
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10 Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards, and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts; no one treads out juice in the wine vats– I have brought the joyful shouts to an end.
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9 at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant.
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12 Let us rise early to go to the vineyards, to see if the vines have budded, to see if their blossoms have opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom– there I will give you my love.
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17 How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.
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2 When that time comes, sing about a delightful vineyard!
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5 Once again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria. Those who plant them will once again enjoy their fruit.
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9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.
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39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink wine or gather in grapes, because worms will eat them.