You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
Parallel translations
- WEB You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
- KJV Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
- NKJV You prepared room for it, And caused it to take deep root, And it filled the land.
- NASB You cleared the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land.
- NLT You cleared the ground for us, and we took root and filled the land.
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Quick answer
God prepared the ground so the vine took deep root and filled the land. It celebrates how God established and prospered Israel.
Overview
Continuing the vine metaphor, this verse describes God's careful cultivation that allowed Israel to flourish and spread throughout Canaan. It recalls the fruitfulness of the nation under God's blessing. The memory of past flourishing sharpens the grief over present ruin and fuels the prayer for renewed favor.
Cross-references & the web
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- Josh 24:12I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.
- Exod 23:28–30I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
- Isa 27:6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Isa 37:31And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
- 1 Chr 27:23–24David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
- 1 Kgs 4:20The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
- Neh 9:22–25You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.
- 1 Chr 21:5And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
- Jer 12:2You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
- Ps 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
- 1 Kgs 4:25Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
- Josh 23:13–15know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
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