Vine, the

Often found wild 2 Kings 4:39; Hosea 9:10
CULTIVATED
- In vineyards from the time of Noah Genesis 9:20
- On the sides of hills Jeremiah 31:5
- In the valleys Song of Solomon 6:11
- By the walls of houses Psalm 128:3
Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its Fruitfulness Leviticus 25:3; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Isaiah 18:5
Canaan abounded in Deuteronomy 6:11; 8:8
PLACES CELEBRATED FOR
- Eshcol Numbers 13:23,24
- Sibmah Isaiah 16:8,9
- Lebanon Hosea 14:7
- Egypt Psalm 78:47; 80:8
The dwarf and spreading vine particularly esteemed Ezekiel 17:6
Of Sodom bad and unfit for use Deuteronomy 32:32
Often degenerated Isaiah 5:2; Jeremiah 2:21
Frequently injured by hail and frost Psalm 78:47; 105:32,33
Foxes destructive to Song of Solomon 2:15
The wild boar destructive to Psalm 80:13
THE FRUIT OF
- Called grapes Genesis 40:10
- Peculiarly sour when unripe Jeremiah 31:30
- Eaten fresh from the tree Deuteronomy 23:24
- Eaten dried 1 Samuel 25:18; 30:12
- Sold in the markets Nehemiah 13:15
- Made into wine Deuteronomy 32:14; Matthew 26:29
The wood of, fit only for burning Ezekiel 15:2-5
Young cattle fed on its leaves and tender shoots Genesis 49:11
Probably produced two crops of fruit in the year Numbers 13:20
Perfumed the air with the fragrance of its flowers Song of Solomon 2:13; Hosea 14:7
God made, fruitful for his people when obedient Joel 2:22; Zechariah 8:12
Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment Jeremiah 8:13; Hosea 2:12; Joel 1:7,12; Haggai 2:19
Sometimes cast its fruit before it came to perfection Job 15:33; Malachi 3:11
Nazarites prohibited eating any part of Numbers 6:3,4
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of Christ John 15:1,2
- Of Israel Psalm 80:8; Isaiah 5:2,7
- (Its fruitful branches,) of saints John 15:5
- (Of unfruitful branches,) of mere professors John 15:2,6
- (Its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace Hosea 14:7
- (Its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church Song of Solomon 7:8
- (Pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions John 15:2
- (Worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of The wicked Ezekiel 15:6,7
- (Unfruitful,) of the wicked Hosea 10:1
- (Sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity 1 Kings 4:25; Micah 4:4; Zechariah 3:10
Proverbial allusion to fathers eating the unripe fruit of Jeremiah 31:29,30; Ezekiel 18:2

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