¹⁷ The Lord of armies, who ^(A)planted you, has ^(B)pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, which they have ^[a]done to provoke Me by ^[b](C)offering sacrifices to Baal.

⁴ This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, ^(A)what I have built I am going to tear down, and what I have planted I am going to uproot, that is, all the people of the land.”

⁵ He also took ^[a]from the seed of the land and planted ^[b]it in ^[c](A)fertile soil, a ^[d]meadow beside abundant waters; he set it like a ^(B)willow. ⁶ Then it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine with its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced shoots and sent out branches.

⁷ “But there was ^[e]another great eagle with great wings and much plumage; and behold, this vine turned its roots toward him and sent out its branches toward him from the beds where it was ^(C)planted, so that he might water it. ⁸ It was planted in good ^[f]soil beside abundant waters, so that it would produce branches and bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.”’ ⁹ Say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers—so that all its sprouting shoots wither? And neither by great ^[g]strength nor by many people can it be raised from its roots again. ¹⁰ Behold, though it is planted, will it thrive? Will it not ^(D)completely wither as soon as the east wind strikes it—wither on the beds where it grew?”’”