Jeremiah 31 · Verse 5

Jeremiah 31:5

Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
Jeremiah 31:5, King James Version

Jeremiah 31:5 in other translations

BSBAgain you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.
WEBAgain you will plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. The planters will plant, and will enjoy its fruit.
ASVAgain shalt thou plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy the fruit thereof.
YLTAgain thou dost plant vineyards In mountains of Samaria, Planters have planted, and made common.
DARBYThou shalt again plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall eat the fruit.
BBEAgain will your vine-gardens be planted on the hill of Samaria: the planters will be planting and using the fruit.
WebsterThou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.

What does Jeremiah 31:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. Samaria--the metropolis of the ten tribes; here equivalent to Israel. The mountainous nature of their country suited the growth of the vine. eat ... as common--literally, "shall profane," that is, shall put to common use. For the first three years after planting, the vine was "not to be eaten of"; on the fourth year the fruit was to be "holy to praise the Lord withal"; on the fifth year the fruit was to be eaten as common, no longer restricted to holy use (Le 19:23-25; compare De 20:6; 28:30, Margin). Thus the idea here is, "The same persons who plant shall reap the fruits"; it shall no longer be that one shall plant and another reap the fruit.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria - This was the regal city of the Israelites, as Jerusalem was of the Jews. Shall eat them as common things - By the law of Moses no man was permitted to eat of the fruit of his vineyard till the fifth year after planting. For the first three years it was considered uncircumcised, unclean, not fit to be eaten; in the fourth year it was holy to the Lord, the fruit belonged to Him; in the fifth year he might use it for himself, Lev 19:23-25. But in the time here mentioned the fruit should be considered common - lawful at all times to be eaten.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 31:1-9

The restoration of Israel. (Jr 31:1-9) Promises of guidance and happiness; Rachel lamenting. (Jr 31:10-17) Ephraim laments his errors. (Jr 31:18-20) The promised Saviour. (Jr 31:21-26) God's care over the church. (Jr 31:27-34) Peace and prosperity in gospel time. (Jr 31:35-40) Verses 1-9 God assures his people that he will again take them into covenant relation to himself. When brought very low, and difficulties…

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Jeremiah 31:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ע֚וֹדodagainH5750
תִּטְּעִ֣יti.te.'Iyou will plantH5193
כְרָמִ֔יםkhe.ra.MimvineyardsH3754
בְּהָרֵ֖יbe.ha.Reion [the] hills ofH2022
שֹֽׁמְר֑וֹןsho.me.RonSamariaH8111
נָטְע֥וּna.te.'Uthey will plantH5193
נֹטְעִ֖יםno.te.'ImplantersH5193
וְחִלֵּֽלוּ\׃ve.chi.Le.luand they will put [them] to useH2490

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Cross references for Jeremiah 31:5

  • Amos 9:14

    And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

  • Micah 4:4

    But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.

  • Isaiah 65:21-22

    And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

  • Leviticus 19:23-25

    And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal. And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God.

  • Deuteronomy 28:30

    Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Ezekiel 36:8

    But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.

  • Zechariah 3:10

    In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.

  • 1 Samuel 21:5

    And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.

  • Obadiah 1:19

    And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

  • Deuteronomy 20:6

    And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

  • Isaiah 62:8-9

    The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
yet.
De 28:30; Isa 62:8,9; 65:21,22; Am 9:14; Mic 4:4; Zec 3:10
mountains.
Eze 36:8; Ob 1:19
eat. Heb. profane.
Le 19:23-25; De 20:6; 28:30; 1Sa 21:5

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Context

  • Jeremiah 31:4

    Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

  • Jeremiah 31:5

    Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.

  • Jeremiah 31:6

    For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the Lord our God.

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Jeremiah 31:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aun plantarás viñas en los montes de Samaria: plantarán los plantadores, y harán común uso de ellas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu planteras encore des vignes sur les montagnes de Samarie; les planteurs les planteront, et en mangeront le fruit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du wirst wieder Weinberge pflanzen auf den Bergen Samarias; die Pflanzer werden pflanzen und genießen
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Adhuc plantabis vineas in montibus Samariæ: plantabunt plantantes, et donec tempus veniat, non vindemiabunt.