Verse 5

For afore{H6440} the harvest{H7105}, when the bud{H6525} is perfect{H8552}{(H8800)}, and the sour grape{H1155} is ripening{H1580}{(H8802)} in the flower{H5328}, he shall both cut off{H3772}{(H8804)} the sprigs{H2150} with pruning hooks{H4211}, and take away{H5493}{(H8689)} and cut down{H8456}{(H8689)} the branches{H5189}.

Referenced Verses

• Song 2:13 : 13 The fig tree{H8384} putteth forth{H2590}{(H8804)} her green figs{H6291}, and the vines{H1612} with the tender grape{H5563} give{H5414}{(H8804)} a good smell{H7381}. Arise{H6965}{(H8798)}, my love{H7474}, my fair one{H3303}, and come away{H3212}{(H8798)}.
• Ezek 17:6-9 : 6 And it grew{H6779}{(H8799)}, and became a spreading{H5628}{(H8802)} vine{H1612} of low{H8217} stature{H6967}, whose branches{H1808} turned{H6437}{(H8800)} toward him, and the roots{H8328} thereof were under him: so it became a vine{H1612}, and brought forth{H6213}{(H8799)} branches{H905}, and shot{H7971}{(H8762)} 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}{(H8804)} her roots{H8328} toward him, and shot forth{H7971}{(H8765)} her branches{H1808} toward him, that he might water{H8248}{(H8687)} it by the furrows{H6170} of her plantation{H4302}. 8 It was planted{H8362}{(H8803)} in a good{H2896} soil{H7704} by great{H7227} waters{H4325}, that it might bring forth{H6213}{(H8800)} branches{H6057}, and that it might bear{H5375}{(H8800)} fruit{H6529}, that it might be a goodly{H155} vine{H1612}. 9 Say{H559}{(H8798)} thou, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}; Shall it prosper{H6743}{(H8799)}? shall he not pull up{H5423}{(H8762)} the roots{H8328} thereof, and cut off{H7082}{(H8779)} the fruit{H6529} thereof, that it wither{H3001}{(H8804)}? it shall wither{H3001}{(H8799)} in all the leaves{H2964} of her spring{H6780}, even without great{H1419} power{H2220} or many{H7227} people{H5971} to pluck it up{H5375}{(H8800)} by the roots{H8328} thereof. 10 Yea, behold, being planted{H8362}{(H8803)}, shall it prosper{H6743}{(H8799)}? shall it not utterly{H3001}{(H8800)} wither{H3001}{(H8799)}, when the east{H6921} wind{H7307} toucheth{H5060}{(H8800)} it? it shall wither{H3001}{(H8799)} in the furrows{H6170} where it grew{H6780}.
• Song 2:15 : 15 Take{H270}{(H8798)} us the foxes{H7776}, the little{H6996} foxes{H7776}, that spoil{H2254}{(H8764)} the vines{H3754}: for our vines{H3754} have tender grapes{H5563}.
• Isa 17:10-11 : 10 Because thou hast forgotten{H7911}{(H8804)} the God{H430} of thy salvation{H3468}, and hast not been mindful{H2142}{(H8804)} of the rock{H6697} of thy strength{H4581}, therefore shalt thou plant{H5193}{(H8799)} pleasant{H5282} plants{H5194}, and shalt set{H2232}{(H8799)} it with strange{H2114}{(H8801)} slips{H2156}: 11 In the day{H3117} shalt thou make thy plant{H5194} to grow{H7735}{(H8770)}, and in the morning{H1242} shalt thou make thy seed{H2233} to flourish{H6524}{(H8686)}: but the harvest{H7105} shall be a heap{H5067} in the day{H3117} of grief{H2470}{(H8737)} and of desperate{H605}{(H8803)} sorrow{H3511}.