Jeremiah 2:21
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Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
In other translations
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
Hebrew words
וְאָנֹכִיve'anokhiand IH595נְטַעְתִּיךְneta'tikhI had planted youH5193שֹׂרֵקsoreka choice vineH8321כֻּלֹּהkulohall of itH3605זֶרַעzera'[was] seed ofH2233אֱמֶת'emetreliabilityH571וְאֵיךְve'eikhand how?H349נֶהְפַּכְתְּnehpakhthave you changed yourselfH2015לִיlito <the> meסוּרֵיsurei[the] degenerate [ones] ofH5494הַגֶּפֶןhagefenthe vineH1612נָכְרִיָּה׃nakheriyahalienH5237
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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