OET interlinear JER 2:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) I planted you as a choice vine, completely from pure seed

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I I,had_planted_you choice_vine of_it_of,all seed/offspring purest and,how! turn to=me degenerate_of of,the_vine foreign )

God speaks of making his people into a great nation in Canaan as if they were the seed of a grapevine that he had planted. Alternate translation: “I, Yahweh, started you with a very good beginning, like a farmer who uses excellent seed to plant the best kind of vine”

(Occurrence 0) a choice vine

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I I,had_planted_you choice_vine of_it_of,all seed/offspring purest and,how! turn to=me degenerate_of of,the_vine foreign )

Alternate translation: “a vine of very good quality”

(Occurrence 0) completely from pure seed

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I I,had_planted_you choice_vine of_it_of,all seed/offspring purest and,how! turn to=me degenerate_of of,the_vine foreign )

Here “pure seed” is the best seed that has not been mixed with seed that is not good. Alternate translation: “that grew from excellent seed”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) How then have you have changed yourself into a corrupt, worthless vine?

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I I,had_planted_you choice_vine of_it_of,all seed/offspring purest and,how! turn to=me degenerate_of of,the_vine foreign )

God uses this question to rebuke his people for changing and becoming like a corrupt worthless vine. Alternate translation: “But you have changed yourself into a corrupt, worthless vine!”