Isaiah 5:2

And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 5:7 Parallel

Isaiah 5:7 explicitly interprets the vineyard as Israel and Judah, explaining the allegory of looking for grapes but finding wild ones.

Isaiah 1:8 Parallel

Isaiah 1:8 uses the same vineyard imagery — daughter of Zion left like a booth in a vineyard — reinforcing Israel's desolation.

Isaiah 1:21-23 laments Jerusalem's fall from justice and righteousness — directly paralleling the vineyard's failure to yield good fruit.

Isaiah 63:3 Allusion

Isaiah 63:3 describes God treading the winepress alone — the winepress from the vineyard becomes a symbol of divine wrath.

Isaiah 1:2-4 condemns Israel's rebellion against God — the same unfaithfulness that the vineyard allegory illustrates.

Revelation 14:18-20 depicts the vine of the earth harvested and thrown into God's winepress — a direct echo of the vineyard's wine vat in final judgment.

Luke 20:10-18 recounts the tenant parable again — the vineyard owner's search for fruit directly alludes to Isaiah's vineyard song.

Mark 12:2 Allusion

Mark 12:2 tells the same tenant parable: the owner sends a servant to collect fruit from the vineyard — a direct echo of Isaiah's expectation.

Matthew 21:34 directly reuses the vineyard image: the owner sends servants for fruit, applying Isaiah's metaphor to Israel's rejection of prophets.

Hosea 10:1 Parallel

Hosea 10:1 portrays Israel as a spreading vine that produces fruit but then uses it for idolatry — a parallel to the vineyard yielding wild grapes.

Jeremiah 2:21 directly echoes this verse: 'I planted you a choice vine, wholly of pure seed... how have you turned degenerate?' — the same failed vineyard metaphor.

Deuteronomy 32:32 describes Israel's vine producing poisonous grapes — directly parallel to Isaiah's wild grapes from God's planted vine.

Jeremiah 11:17 echoes the planted vineyard metaphor, declaring judgment on Israel for evil.

Jeremiah 45:4 echoes God's planting and uprooting — parallel to the vineyard parable's judgment.

Psalm 80:15 Allusion

Psalm 80:15 directly echoes the metaphor of God's planted vineyard, lamenting its destruction.

Deuteronomy 32:6 rebukes Israel as foolish children who repay God's fatherly care with ingratitude — same dynamic as the vineyard yielding wild grapes.

Psalm 44:1 Parallel

Psalm 44:2-3 uses the same planting imagery: God planted Israel in the land, just as the vineyard was planted with choice vines here.

Deuteronomy 32:9 calls Israel the LORD's portion — the same idea as the beloved vineyard being God's special possession.