Yēlìmǐshū 2:21

21 Ránér , wǒ zāi nǐ shì shàngdĕng de pútàoshù , quán rán shì zhēn zhǒngzǐ . nǐ zĕnme xiàng wǒ biàn wèi waì bāng pútàoshù de huaì zhīzǐ ne .

Yēlìmǐshū 2:21 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed
It is usual to compare the people of the Jews to a vineyard, and to vines; and their settlement in the land of Canaan to the planting of vines in a vineyard; see ( Isaiah 5:1-7 ) ( Exodus 15:17 ) ( Psalms 80:8-15 ) . Kimchi says this is spoken concerning Abraham; no doubt respect is had to the Jewish fathers, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs, Moses, Joshua, and Caleb, and the like; who, having the true and right seed of grace in them, became like choice and noble vines, and brought forth much fruit, and were deserving of imitation by their posterity: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine
unto me?
like a vine that grows in the woods, and brings forth wild grapes; so these, their sons, degenerating in practice from their fathers, became corrupt in themselves, and unprofitable to God. The Targum of the whole is,

``I set you before me as the plant of a choice vine, all of you doing truth; but how are you changed before me in your corrupt works? ye have declined from my worship, ye are become as a vine in which there is no profit.''

Yēlìmǐshū 2:21 In-Context

19 Nǐ zìjǐ de è bì chéng zhì nǐ . nǐ bēi dào de shì bì zébeì nǐ . yóu cǐ kĕ zhī kĕ jiàn , nǐ lí qì Yēhéhuá nǐde shén , bú cún jìngwèi wǒde xīn , nǎi wèi è shì , wèi kǔ shì . zhè shì zhǔ wàn jūn zhī Yēhéhuá shuō de .

20 Wǒ zaì gǔ shí zhé duàn nǐde è , jiĕkāi nǐde shéng suǒ . nǐ shuō , wǒ bì bù shìfèng Yēhéhuá . yīnwei nǐ zaì gĕ gāo gāng shang , gĕ qīng cuì shù xià qū shēn xíng yín .

21 Ránér , wǒ zāi nǐ shì shàngdĕng de pútàoshù , quán rán shì zhēn zhǒngzǐ . nǐ zĕnme xiàng wǒ biàn wèi waì bāng pútàoshù de huaì zhīzǐ ne .

22 Nǐ suī yòng jiǎn , duō yòng féi zào xǐzhuó , nǐ zuìniè de hén jī réngrán zaì wǒ miànqián xiǎn chū . zhè shì zhǔ Yēhéhuá shuō de .

23 Nǐ zĕn néng shuō , wǒ méiyǒu diànwū , méiyǒu suícóng zhòng bā lì . nǐ kàn nǐ gǔ zhōng de lù , jiù zhīdào nǐ suǒ xíng de rúhé . nǐ shì kuaì xíng de dú fēng tuó , kuáng bēn luàn zǒu .