Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone i
Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars w
They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green t
For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for y
“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—wh
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these
So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the
They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make thems
For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and
And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no in