New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Vine, The

• Often found wild 2 Ki. 4:39; Hos. 9:10
• Cultivated
  • In vineyards from the time of Noah Gen. 9:20
  • On the sides of hills Jer. 31:5
  • In the valleys Song 6:11
  • By the walls of houses Ps. 128:3
• Required to be dressed and pruned to increase its fruitfulness Lev. 25:3; 2 Chr. 26:10; Isa. 18:5
• Canaan abounded in Dt. 6:11, 8:8
• Places celebrated for
  • Eshcol Num. 13:23, 24
  • Sibmah Isa. 16:8, 9
  • Lebanon Hos. 14:7
  • Egypt Ps. 78:47, 80:8
• The dwarf and spreading vine particularly esteemed Ezek. 17:6
• Of Sodom bad and unfit for use Dt. 32:32
• Often degenerated Isa. 5:2; Jer. 2:21
• Frequently injured by hail and frost Ps. 78:47, 105:32, 33
• Foxes destructive to Song 2:15
• The wild boar destructive to Ps. 80:13
• The fruit of
  • Called grapes Gen. 40:10
  • Peculiarly sour when unripe Jer. 31:30
  • Eaten fresh from the tree Dt. 23:24
  • Eaten dried 1 Sam. 25:18, 30:12
  • Sold in the markets Neh. 13:15
  • Made into wine Dt. 32:14; Mt. 26:29
• The wood of, fit only for burning Ezek. 15:2-5
• Young cattle fed on its leaves and tender shoots Gen. 49:11
• Probably produced two crops of fruit in the year Num. 13:20
• Perfumed the air with the fragrance of its flowers Song 2:13; Hos. 14:7
• God made, fruitful for his people when obedient Joel 2:22; Zech. 8:12
• Frequently made unfruitful as a punishment Jer. 8:13; Hos. 2:12; Joel 1:7, 12; Hag. 2:19
• Sometimes cast its fruit before it came to perfection Job 15:33; Mal. 3:11
• Nazarites prohibited eating any part of Num. 6:3, 4
• Illustrative
  • Of Christ Jn. 15:1, 2
  • Of Israel Ps. 80:8; Isa. 5:2, 7
  • (Its fruitful branches,) of saints Jn. 15:5
  • (Of unfruitful branches,) of mere professors Jn. 15:2, 6
  • (Its quick growth,) of the growth of saints in grace Hos. 14:7
  • (Its rich clusters,) of the graces of the church Song 7:8
  • (Pruning of,) of God's purifying his people by afflictions Jn. 15:2
  • (Worthlessness of its wood,) of the unprofitableness, of the wicked Ezek. 15:6, 7
  • (Unfruitful,) of the wicked Hos. 10:1
  • (Sitting under one's own) of peace and prosperity 1 Ki. 4:25; Mic. 4:4; Zech. 3:10
• Proverbial allusion to fathers eating the unripe fruit of Jer. 31:29, 30; Ezek. 18:2