Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?

But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?

Εγω δε σε εφυτευσα αμπελον εκλεκτην, σπερμα ολως αληθινον· πως λοιπον μετεβληθης εις παρεφθαρμενον κλημα αμπελου ξενης εις εμε;

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?