for their mother hath played the harlot; she that conceived them hath done shamefully; for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.\par
a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water,\par\tab That bringeth forth its fruit in its season,\par\tab Whose leaf also doth not wither;\par\tab And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine,\par\tab In the innermost parts of thy house;\par\tab Thy children like olive plants,\par\tab Round about thy table.