zeh'-rah
from 2232; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time,
posterity:--X carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-
time.
see Hebrew for [02232]
Yet I had planted [05193] thee a noble vine [08321], wholly a right [0571] seed [02233]: how then art thou turned [02015] into the degenerate plant [05494] of a strange [05237] vine [01612] unto me?
And I will cast you out [07993] of my sight [06440], as I have cast out [07993] all your brethren [0251], even the whole seed [02233] of Ephraim [0669].
Is this man [0376] Coniah [03659] a despised [0959] broken [05310] idol [06089]? is he a vessel [03627] wherein is no pleasure [02656]? wherefore are they cast out [07993], he and his seed [02233], and are cast [02904] into a land [0776] which they know [03045] not?
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Write [03789] ye this man [0376] childless [06185], a man [01397] that shall not prosper [06743] in his days [03117]: for no man [0376] of his seed [02233] shall prosper [06743], sitting [03427] upon the throne [03678] of David [01732], and ruling [04910] any more in Judah [03063].
But, The Lord [03068] liveth [02416], which brought up [05927] and which led [0935] the seed [02233] of the house [01004] of Israel [03478] out of the north [06828] country [0776], and from all countries [0776] whither I had driven [05080] them; and they shall dwell [03427] in their own land [0127].
Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; Behold, I will punish [06485] Shemaiah [08098] the Nehelamite [05161], and his seed [02233]: he shall not have a man [0376] to dwell [03427] among [08432] this people [05971]; neither shall he behold [07200] the good [02896] that I will do [06213] for my people [05971], saith [05002] the Lord [03068]; because he hath taught [01696] rebellion [05627] against the Lord [03068].rebellion: Heb. revolt
Therefore fear [03372] thou not, O my servant [05650] Jacob [03290], saith [05002] the Lord [03068]; neither be dismayed [02865], O Israel [03478]: for, lo, I will save [03467] thee from afar [07350], and thy seed [02233] from the land [0776] of their captivity [07628]; and Jacob [03290] shall return [07725], and shall be in rest [08252], and be quiet [07599], and none shall make him afraid [02729].
Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], saith [05002] the Lord [03068], that I will sow [02232] the house [01004] of Israel [03478] and the house [01004] of Judah [03063] with the seed [02233] of man [0120], and with the seed [02233] of beast [0929].
If those ordinances [02706] depart [04185] from before [06440] me, saith [05002] the Lord [03068], then the seed [02233] of Israel [03478] also shall cease [07673] from being a nation [01471] before [06440] me for ever [03117].
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068]; If heaven [08064] above [04605] can be measured [04058], and the foundations [04146] of the earth [0776] searched out [02713] beneath [04295], I will also cast off [03988] all the seed [02233] of Israel [03478] for all that they have done [06213], saith [05002] the Lord [03068].
As the host [06635] of heaven [08064] cannot be numbered [05608], neither the sand [02344] of the sea [03220] measured [04058]: so will I multiply [07235] the seed [02233] of David [01732] my servant [05650], and the Levites [03881] that minister [08334] unto me.
Then [01571] will I cast away [03988] the seed [02233] of Jacob [03290], and David [01732] my servant [05650], so that I will not take [03947] any of his seed [02233] to be rulers [04910] over the seed [02233] of Abraham [085], Isaac [03446], and Jacob [03290]: for I will cause their captivity [07622] to return [07725] [07725], and have mercy [07355] on them.
Neither shall ye build [01129] house [01004], nor sow [02232] seed [02233], nor plant [05193] vineyard [03754], nor have any: but all your days [03117] ye shall dwell [03427] in tents [0168]; that ye may live [02421] many [07227] days [03117] in [06440] the land [0127] where ye be strangers [01481].
Nor to build [01129] houses [01004] for us to dwell in [03427]: neither have we vineyard [03754], nor field [07704], nor seed [02233]:
And I will punish [06485] him and his seed [02233] and his servants [05650] for their iniquity [05771]; and I will bring [0935] upon them, and upon the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], and upon the men [0376] of Judah [03063], all the evil [07451] that I have pronounced [01696] against them; but they hearkened [08085] not.punish: Heb. visit upon
Now it came to pass in the seventh [07637] month [02320], that Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] the son [01121] of Elishama [0476], of the seed [02233] royal [04410], and the princes [07227] of the king [04428], even ten [06235] men [0582] with him, came [0935] unto Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] to Mizpah [04709]; and there they did eat [0398] bread [03899] together [03162] in Mizpah [04708].
But fear [03372] not thou, O my servant [05650] Jacob [03290], and be not dismayed [02865], O Israel [03478]: for, behold, I will save [03467] thee from afar off [07350], and thy seed [02233] from the land [0776] of their captivity [07628]; and Jacob [03290] shall return [07725], and be in rest [08252] and at ease [07599], and none shall make him afraid [02729].
But I have made Esau [06215] bare [02834], I have uncovered [01540] his secret places [04565], and he shall not be able [03201] to hide [02247] himself: his seed [02233] is spoiled [07703], and his brethren [0251], and his neighbours [07934], and he is not.