¹¹ So Jehu^(A) killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his chief men, his close friends and his priests, leaving him no survivor.^(B)

⁸ It had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches,^(A) bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’

¹⁰ The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.^(A)