Bible Strands
Jeremiah 31:5
Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Israel with a promise of agricultural restoration on the hills of Samaria, following the assurance that He will rebuild the nation and restore its joy. The words — The Hebrew תִּטְעִי (tiṭʿî) and חִלְּלוּ (ḥilləlû) describe the active planting of vineyards and the subsequent utilization of their fruit. The thread — The promise of replanting and inhabiting ruined land appears in Amos 9:14, while the loss of agricultural yield is warned in Deuteronomy 28:30. Why it lands — The passage establishes that future harvests in Samaria are a direct consequence of divine rebuilding, requiring readers to expect material restoration as part of national renewal.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
Cross-references
- Amos 9:14 I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
- Leviticus 19:23 When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.
- Deuteronomy 28:30 You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
- Isaiah 65:21 They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Micah 4:4 And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.
- Deuteronomy 20:6 Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
- 1 Samuel 21:5 David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”
- Isaiah 62:8 The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
- Ezekiel 36:8 But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.
- Obadiah 1:19 Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.