15. What right does My beloved haveto be in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes?Can holy meat prevent your disaster so you can rejoice?
16. The Lord named youa flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit.He has set fire to it,and its branches are consumed with a great roaring sound.
17. “The Lord of Hosts who planted you has decreed disaster against you, because of the harm the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
18. The Lord informed me, so I knew.Then You helped me to see their deeds,