3  For behold, thus saith the Lord, I will liken thee, O house of Israel, like unto a tame ^bolive tree, which a man took and nourished in his vineyard; and it grew, and waxed old, and began to decay.

  1  Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is ^bnear to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

  4  For behold the field is white already to harvest; and lo, he that thrusteth in his sickle with his might, the same layeth up in store that he perisheth not, but bringeth salvation to his soul;