16. The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and in appearance. At the voice of a great word he caused fire to be kindled upon it, and they broke her branches.
17. For the Lord of the hosts, that planted thee, has pronounced evil against thee for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
18. And the Lord gave me knowledge of it, and I experienced it: then thou didst show me their doings.
19. But I was like a ram or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; for I did not understand that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living that his name may no longer be remembered.
20. But, O Lord of the hosts, that judges righteously, that tries the kidneys and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them, for unto thee I have uncovered my cause.
21. Therefore, thus hath the Lord said regarding the men of Anathoth that seek thy life, saying, Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord that thou not die by our hand;
22. therefore, thus hath the Lord of the hosts said, Behold, I visit: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
23. and there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.