Lexicon :: Strong's H5193 - nāṭaʿ

The LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had formed.

Noah, as a man of the soil, began by planting[fn] a vineyard.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.

You will bring them in and plant them

on the mountain of your possession;

LORD, you have prepared the place

for your dwelling;

Lord,[fn] your hands have established the sanctuary.

“When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you are to consider the fruit forbidden.[fn] It will be forbidden to you for three years; it is not to be eaten.

They stretch out like river valleys,[fn]

like gardens beside a stream,

like aloes the LORD has planted,

like cedars beside the water.

“houses full of every good thing that you did not fill them with, cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant ​— ​and when you eat and are satisfied,

“Do not set up an Asherah of any kind of wood next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,

“Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit?[fn] Let him leave and return home. Otherwise he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.[fn]

“You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not enjoy its fruit.

“You will plant and cultivate vineyards but not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.

“I gave you a land you did not labor for, and cities you did not build, though you live in them; you are eating from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

“I will designate a place for my people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they have done

“This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

“I will designate a place for my people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they have done

In order to plant them,

you displaced the nations by your hand;

in order to settle them,

you brought disaster on the peoples.

You dug up a vine from Egypt;

you drove out the nations and planted it.

the root[fn] your right hand planted,

the son[fn] that you made strong for yourself.

Can the one who shaped the ear not hear,

the one who formed the eye not see?

The trees of the LORD flourish,[fn]

the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

They sow fields and plant vineyards

that yield a fruitful harvest.

She evaluates a field and buys it;

she plants a vineyard with her earnings.[fn]

I increased my achievements. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

a time to give birth and a time to die;

a time to plant and a time to uproot;[fn]

The sayings of the wise are like cattle prods, and those from masters of collections are like firmly embedded nails. The sayings are given by one Shepherd.[fn]

He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,

and planted it with the finest vines.

He built a tower in the middle of it

and even dug out a winepress there.

He expected it to yield good grapes,

but it yielded worthless grapes.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation,

and you have failed to remember

the rock of your strength;

therefore you will plant beautiful plants

and set out cuttings from exotic vines.

“ ‘This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

They are barely planted, barely sown,

their stem hardly takes root in the ground

when he blows on them and they wither,

and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.

He cuts down[fn] cedars for his use,

or he takes a cypress or an oak.

He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest.

He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.

I have put my words in your mouth,

and covered you in the shadow of my hand,

in order to plant[fn] the heavens,

to found the earth,

and to say to Zion, “You are my people.”

“People will build houses and live in them;

they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

See, I have appointed you today

over nations and kingdoms

to uproot and tear down,

to destroy and demolish,

to build and plant.

I planted you, a choice vine

from the very best seed.

How then could you turn into

a degenerate, foreign vine?

“The LORD of Armies who planted you has decreed disaster against you, because of the disaster[fn] the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves when they angered me by burning incense to Baal.”

You planted them, and they have taken root.

They have grown and produced fruit.

You are ever on their lips,[fn]

but far from their conscience.[fn]

“At another time I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it.

“I will keep my eyes on them for their good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not demolish them; I will plant them and not uproot them.

“Build houses and live in them. Plant gardens and eat their produce.

“For he has sent word to us in Babylon, claiming, “The exile will be long. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.” ’ ”

You will plant vineyards again

on the mountains of Samaria;

the planters will plant and will enjoy the fruit.

“Just as I watched over them to uproot and to tear them down, to demolish and to destroy, and to cause disaster, so will I watch over them to build and to plant them” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration.

“I will take delight in them to do what is good for them, and with all my heart and mind I will faithfully plant them in this land.

“You must not build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Rather, you must live in tents your whole life, so you may live a long time on the soil where you stay as a resident alien.’

“‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will rebuild and not demolish you, and I will plant and not uproot you, because I relent concerning the disaster that I have brought on you.

“This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the LORD says: “What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot ​— ​the whole land!

“They will live there securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will live securely when I execute judgments against all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’ ”

Then the nations that remain around you will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was demolished and have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken and I will do it.