The writer compares Israel as a vine. ## You cleared the land for it; ## "You cleared the land for the vine;" (See: Metaphor) ## and filled the land....to the Euphrates River. ## The writer describes the success of the nation of Israel in occupying the whole land by comparing to a vine that grows far beyond the normal. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]]) ## shoots ## These are the parts of new plants that are just starting to grow above the ground.