^16 (A)They profess to know God, but they ^(B)deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, ^(C)unfit for any good work.

¹⁷ The Lord of hosts, ^(A)who planted you, has decreed disaster against you, because of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done, ^(B)provoking me to anger by making offerings to Baal.”

^31 (A)And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for ^(B)with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.

⁵ Then he took of the seed of the land ^(A)and planted it in fertile soil.^[a] He placed it beside abundant waters. ^(B)He set it like a willow twig, ⁶ and it sprouted and became a ^(C)low ^(D)spreading vine, and its branches turned toward him, and its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out boughs.

^7 (E)“And there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage, ^(F)and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and shot forth its branches toward him from ^(G)the bed where it was planted, that he might water it. ^8 (H)It had been planted on good soil by abundant waters, that it might produce branches and bear fruit and become a noble vine.

⁹ “Say, Thus says the Lord God: ^(I)Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers, so that all its fresh sprouting leaves wither? It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it from its roots. ¹⁰ Behold, it is planted; will it thrive? ^(J)Will it not utterly wither when the east wind strikes it—wither away on the bed where it sprouted?”

⁴ Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: ^(A)Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land.

⁶ And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you ^(A)hypocrites, as it is written,