¹ tn Heb “vine.”

³ tn Heb “of the vine.”

¹ tn Heb “a vine of the field.”

⁶ tn Heb “their vine-branches.” The term “vine-branches” is a figurative expression (synecdoche of part for the whole) representing the agricultural fields as a whole.

¹ tn Grk “the produce” (“the produce of the vine” is a figurative expression for wine).

² tn Grk “the produce” (“the produce of the vine” is a figurative expression for wine).

² tn Grk “produce” (“the produce of the vine” is a figurative expression for wine).

² tn Or “eat up your grapes and figs”; Heb “eat up your vines and your fig trees.”

² tn Heb “and upon a son you strengthened for yourself.” In this context, where the extended metaphor of the vine dominates, בֵּן (ben, “son”) probably refers to the shoots that grow from the vine. Cf. Gen 49:22.

² tn Heb “I will turn them”; the referents (vines and fig trees) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “like the withering of a leaf from a vine, and like the withering from a fig tree.”

² tn On the meaning of זַלְזַל (zalzal, “shoot [of the vine] without fruit buds”) see HALOT 272 s.v. *זַלְזַל.

¹ sn The vine is here a metaphor for Israel (see Ezek 17:6-10; Hos 10:1).

¹ tn The Hebrew term עֵשֶׂב (ʿesev), when referring to human food, excludes grass (eaten by cattle) and woody plants like vines.

² tn Both “vines” and “fig trees” are singular in the Hebrew text, but are regarded as collective singulars. Either the prophet speaks in the first person singular about his own vine in order to personalize the description, or we hear the voice of God speaking, and “my vine” and “my fig tree” do double duty to both represent the foliage being destroyed as well as the nation.

³ sn The fig tree is a variation on the picture of a vine as representing the nation; see Isa 5:1-7.

¹ sn The fig tree is a variation on the picture of a vine as representing the nation; see Isa 5:1-7.

² tn Heb “their strength.” The trees and vines will produce a maximum harvest, in contrast to the failed agricultural conditions previously described.

¹ sn The metaphor of the fruitful vine pictures the wife as fertile; she will give her husband numerous children (see the next line).

¹ tn Heb “Judah and Israel lived securely, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan to Beer Sheba, all the days of Solomon.”