Jeremías 2:21

21 Yo te planté, como vid selecta,con semilla genuina.¿Cómo es que te has convertidoen una vid degenerada y extraña?

Jeremías 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.''

Jeremías 2:21 In-Context

19 Tu maldad te castigará,tu infidelidad te recriminará.Ponte a pensar cuán malo y amargoes abandonar al SEÑOR tu Diosy no sentir temor de mí—afirma el Señor, el SEÑORTodopoderoso—.

20 »Desde hace mucho quebraste el yugo;te quitaste las atadurasy dijiste: “¡No quiero servirte!”Sobre toda colina alta,y bajo todo árbol frondoso,te entregaste a la prostitución.

21 Yo te planté, como vid selecta,con semilla genuina.¿Cómo es que te has convertidoen una vid degenerada y extraña?

22 Aunque te laves con lejía,y te frotes con mucho jabón,ante mí seguirá presentela mancha de tu iniquidad—afirma el SEÑOR omnipotente—.

23 »¿Cómo puedes decir:“No me he contaminado,ni me he ido tras los baales”?¡Considera tu conducta en el valle!¡Reconoce lo que has hecho!¡Camella ligera de cascos,que no puedes quedarte quieta!