On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
Parallel translations
- WEB In that day,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘you will invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.’”
- KJV In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
- NKJV In that day,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘Everyone will invite his neighbor Under his vine and under his fig tree.’ ”
- NASB On that day,’ declares the Lord of armies, ‘every one of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and under his fig tree.’ ”
- NLT “And on that day, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, each of you will invite your neighbor to sit with you peacefully under your own grapevine and fig tree.”
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In that day each person will invite his neighbor under the vine and fig tree. Cleansing brings lasting peace and security.
Overview
Sitting under one's vine and fig tree is a classic biblical image of peace, prosperity, and rest. The removal of iniquity results in restored fellowship and shared blessing among neighbors. This pictures the peace of the messianic age, ultimately realized in the kingdom Christ secures for His redeemed people.
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- 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.
- Mic 4:4And 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.
- Zech 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 1:45–48Philip 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.”
- Hos 2:18On 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 weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
- Isa 36:16Do 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,
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