In that day,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘you will invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.’”
Parallel translations
- KJV In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
- BSB On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and 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 4:25Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
- Mic 4:4But they will sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and no one will make them afraid: For the mouth of Yahweh of Armies has spoken.
- Zech 2:11Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell among you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.
- John 1:45–48Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
- Hos 2:18In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.
- Isa 36:16Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria, ‘Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and each of you eat from his vine, and each one from his fig tree, and each one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;
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