Vine and Fig Tree
1 Kings 4:25 (KJV)
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
2 Kings 18:31 (KJV)
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
Isaiah 34:4 (KJV)
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Isaiah 36:16 (KJV)
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;
Jeremiah 8:13 (KJV)
I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
Joel 1:7 (KJV)
He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
Joel 1:12 (KJV)
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
Joel 2:22 (KJV)
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
Micah 4:4 (KJV)
But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Haggai 2:19 (KJV)
Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
Zech. 3:10 (KJV)
In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.
James 3:12 (KJV)
Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
It is interesting to note there are exactly 12 direct references in the Bible that refer to the "vine and fig tree". This would seem to confirm the thought that it has reference to the Twelve tribes of Israel (both Natural and Spiritual).
Natural Israel (The Fig Tree) has 12 tribes.
Spiritual Israel (The Christ, Head and body), the Vine, has 12 tribes (Rev. 7:4-8; Matt. 19:28).
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