Jeremiah 2:21
Jeremiah 2:20-22 The Message (MSG)
“A long time ago you broke out of the harness. You shook off all restraints. You said, ‘I will not serve!’ and off you went, Visiting every sex-and-religion shrine on the way, like a common whore. You were a select vine when I planted you from completely reliable stock. And look how you’ve turned out— a tangle of rancid growth, a poor excuse for a vine. Scrub, using the strongest soaps. Scour your skin raw. The sin-grease won’t come out. I can’t stand to even look at you!” GOD’s Decree, the Master’s Decree.
Jeremiah 2:21 King James Version (KJV)
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
Jeremiah 2:21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Yet I planted you a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned yourself before Me Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?
Jeremiah 2:21 New Century Version (NCV)
But I planted you as a special vine, as a very good seed. How then did you turn into a wild vine that grows bad fruit?
Jeremiah 2:21 American Standard Version (ASV)
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?
Jeremiah 2:21 New International Version (NIV)
I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine?
Jeremiah 2:21 New King James Version (NKJV)
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality. How then have you turned before Me Into the degenerate plant of an alien vine?
Jeremiah 2:21 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Yet I had planted you [O house of Israel as] a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned against Me Into degenerate shoots of a foreign and wild vine [alien to Me]?
Jeremiah 2:21 New Living Translation (NLT)
But I was the one who planted you, choosing a vine of the purest stock—the very best. How did you grow into this corrupt wild vine?