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The Vine and the Vineyard

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Israel the vineyard that disappoints — and Jesus the true vine that bears fruit.

God plants a vine — Israel — and tends it with care, but again and again it yields wild or bitter grapes; the prophets sing of a vineyard that breaks its owner's heart. Then Jesus says, quietly and astonishingly, "I am the true vine." Where the nation failed to bear fruit, he succeeds — and those who abide in him share his life. The trail runs from the songs of a failing vineyard to the abundance of the vine who never fails.
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    A vine out of Egypt

    Psalms 80:8

    You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.

    Psalm 80 remembers Israel as a vine God planted and asks why its walls are broken down.
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    The song of the vineyard

    Isaiah 5:7

    For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

    Isaiah's vineyard yields wild grapes — injustice instead of righteousness.
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    A choice vine gone wild

    Jeremiah 2:21

    I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

    Jeremiah: planted as a pure vine, the people became a corrupt, wild one.
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    "I am the true vine"

    John 15:1

    “I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

    Jesus is the vine that bears the fruit Israel could not; his people abide in him.