Return to Torrey's Main Index Previous topic (Vine, The) Vineyards
Vineyards
Origin and antiquity of - Ge 9:20
The design of planting - Ps 107:37; 1Co 9:7
Frequently walled or fenced with hedges - Nu 22:24; Pr 24:31; Isa 5:2,5
Cottages built in, for the keepers - Isa 1:8
Provided with the apparatus for making wine - Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33
The stones carefully gathered out of - Isa 5:2
LAWS RESPECTING
- Not to be planted with different kinds of seed
- De 22:9- Not to be cultivated in the Sabbatical year
- Ex 23:11; Le 25:4- The spontaneous fruit of, not to be gathered during the
sabbatical year - Le 25:5,11- Compensation in kind to be made for injury done to
- Ex 22:5- Strangers entering, allowed to eat fruit of, but not to
take any away - De 23:24- The gleaning of, to be left for the poor
- Le 19:10; De 24:21- The fruit of new, not to be eaten for three years
- Le 19:23- The fruit of new, to be holy to the Lord in the fourth year
- Le 19:24- The fruit of new, to be eaten by the owners from the fifth
year - Le 19:25- Planters of, not liable to military service till they had
eaten of the fruit - De 20:6Frequently let out to husbandmen - So 8:11; Mt 21:33
Rent of, frequently paid by part of the fruit - Mt 21:34
Were often mortgaged - Ne 5:3,4
Estimated rent of - So 8:11; Isa 7:23
Estimated profit arising from, to the cultivators - So 8:12
The poor engaged in the culture of - 2Ki 25:12; Isa 61:5
Members of the family often wrought in - So 1:6; Mt 21:28-30
Mode of hiring and paying labourers for working in - Mt 20:1,2
Of the kings of Israel superintended by officers of the state - 1Ch 27:27
THE VINTAGE OR INGATHERING OF
- Was a time of great rejoicing
- Isa 16:10- Sometimes continued to the time of sowing seed
- Le 26:5- Failure in, occasioned great grief
- Isa 16:9,10Of red grapes particularly esteemed - Isa 27:2
The produce of, was frequently destroyed by enemies - Jer 48:32
The whole produce of, often destroyed by insects, &c - De 28:39; Am 4:9
In unfavourable seasons produced but little wine - Isa 5:10; Hag 1:9,11
The wicked judicially deprived of the enjoyment of - Am 5:11; Zep 1:13
The Rechabites forbidden to plant - Jer 35:7-9
Of the slothful man neglected and laid waste - Pr 24:30,31
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the Jewish Church
- Isa 5:7; 27:2; Jer 12:10; Mt 21:23- (Failure of,) of severe calamities
- Isa 32:10- (Cleaning grapes of,) of the elect
- Isa 24:13 Next Topic (Visions)