Jeremiah 31:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.

Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria - the metropolis of the ten tribes, here equivalent to Israel. The mountainous nature of their country suited the growth of the vine.

The planters shall ... eat them as common - literally, shall profane - i:e., shall put to common use. For the first three years after planting, the vine was "not to be eaten of;" on the fourth year the fruit was to be "holy, to praise the Lord withal;" on the fifth year the fruit was to be eaten of as common, no longer restricted to holy use (Leviticus 19:23-25: cf. Deuteronomy 20:6; Deuteronomy 28:30, margin.) Thus the idea here is, 'The same persons who plant shall reap the fruits;' it shall no longer be that one shall plant and another reap the fruit.

Jeremiah 31:5

5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.b