^{8 Ref} On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, To make branches, and to bear fruit, To be for an goodly vine.

^{9 Ref} Say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: It prospereth -- its roots doth he not draw out, And its fruit cut off, and it is withered? `In' all the leaves of its springing it withereth, And not by great strength, and by a numerous people, To lift it up by its roots.

^{10 Ref} And lo, the planted thing -- doth it prosper? When come against it doth the east wind, Doth it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withereth.'