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# I planted you as a choice vine, completely from pure seed
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God speaks of making his people into a great nation in Canaan as if they were the seed of a grapevine that he had planted. AT: "I, Yahweh, started you with a very good beginning, like a farmer who uses excellent seed to plant the best kind of vine" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# a choice vine
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"a vine of very good quality"
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# completely from pure seed
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Here "pure seed" is the best seed that has not been mixed with seed that is not good. AT: "that grew from excellent seed"
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# How then have you have changed yourself into a corrupt, worthless vine?
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God uses this question to rebuke his people for changing and becoming like a corrupt worthless vine. AT: "But you have changed yourself into a corrupt, worthless vine!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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