3 For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house of ^aIsrael, like unto a tame ^bolive-tree, which a man took and nourished in his ^cvineyard; and it grew, and waxed old, and began to ^ddecay.

  1 And now, behold, my brethren, as I said unto you that I would prophesy, behold, this is my prophecy—that the things which this prophet ^aZenos spake, concerning the house of Israel, in the which he likened them unto a tame ^bolive-tree, must surely come to pass.