The wicked thrive before the sun, and their shoots spread over the garden.
Jeremiah 11:16 - New Revised Standard Version The Lord once called you, “A green olive tree, fair with goodly fruit”; but with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord [acknowledged you once to be worthy to be] called a green olive tree, fair and of good fruit; but with the roar of a great tempest He will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed. [Ps. 52:8; Jer. 21:14.] American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. Common English Bible The LORD named you, “A blossoming olive tree, fair and fruitful”; but with the blast of a powerful storm he will set it ablaze, until its branches are completely consumed. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord has called your name: a beautiful, fruitful, splendid, and productive olive tree. At the voice of a word, a great fire was kindled in it, and its greenery was burned up. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord called thy name, a plentiful olive-tree, fair, fruitful, and beautiful: at the noise of a word, a great fire was kindled in it and the branches thereof are burnt. |
The wicked thrive before the sun, and their shoots spread over the garden.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
They have burned it with fire, they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
But let your hand be upon the one at your right hand, the one whom you made strong for yourself.
Even now your enemies are in tumult; those who hate you have raised their heads.
When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without understanding; therefore he that made them will not have compassion on them, he that formed them will show them no favor.
Yet I planted you as a choice vine, from the purest stock. How then did you turn degenerate and become a wild vine?
I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says the Lord; I will kindle a fire in its forest, and it shall devour all that is around it.
Therefore thus says the Lord God: My anger and my wrath shall be poured out on this place, on human beings and animals, on the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched.
His shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like that of Lebanon.
Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off.
These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.