Yeremia 31:5

31:5 Once again you will plant vineyards

on the hills of Samaria. ¹ 

Those who plant them

will once again enjoy their fruit. ² 

Yehezkiel 28:26

28:26 They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely ³  when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.’”

Mikha 1:6

1:6 “I will turn Samaria ⁴  into a heap of ruins in an open field –

vineyards will be planted there! ⁵ 

I will tumble ⁶  the rubble of her stone walls ⁷  down into the valley,

and tear down her fortifications to their foundations. ⁸ 

[31:5]  ¹ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[31:5]  ² sn The terms used here refer to the enjoyment of a period of peace and stability and the reversal of the curse (contrast, e.g., Deut 28:30). The Hebrew word translated “enjoy its fruit” is a technical one that refers to the owner of a vineyard getting to enjoy its fruit in the fifth year after it was planted, the crops of the first three years lying fallow, and that of the fourth being given to the Lord (cf. Lev 19:23-25).

[28:26]  ³ sn This promise was given in Lev 25:18-19.

[1:6]  ⁴ map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.

[1:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “into a planting place for vineyards.”

[1:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “pour” (so NASB, NIV); KJV, NRSV “pour down”; NAB “throw down”; NLT “roll.”

[1:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “her stones.” The term stones is a metonymy for the city walls whose foundations were constructed of stone masonry.

[1:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “I will uncover her foundations.” The term “foundations” refers to the lower courses of the stones of the city’s outer fortification walls.