Bible Strands
Zechariah 3:10
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD of Hosts speaks through Zechariah to the post-exilic community immediately after the vision of Joshua’s cleansing and the removal of the land’s iniquity.
The words — תִּקְרְא֖וּ (tik.re.'U) literally means "you will invite," and בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֗וּא (ba/i.Yom ha./Hu') translates to "in that day."
The thread — The phrase "each man under his own vine and fig tree" appears in 1 Kings 4:25 describing Solomon’s reign, reappears in Micah 4:4 as a future guarantee of untroubled security, and is cited in Isaiah 36:16 as part of the Assyrian king’s offer of safety and provision upon surrender.
Why it lands — The text commands the people to practice open hospitality and to treat personal agricultural security as a direct result of divine action rather than human effort.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 4:25 Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
- 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.
- Isaiah 36:16 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,
- Hosea 2:18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
- Zechariah 2:11 “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
- John 1:45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”