Jacob 5:1

Behold, my brethren, do ye not remember

to have read the words of the prophet Zenos,

which he spake unto the house of Israel, saying:

Jacob 5:2

Hearken, O ye house of Israel,

and hear the words of me, a prophet of the Lord.

Jacob 5:3

For behold, thus saith the Lord,

I will liken thee, O house of Israel, like unto a tame olive tree,

which a man took and nourished in his vineyard;

and it grew, and waxed old, and began to decay.

Jacob 5:4

And it came to pass that the master of the vineyard went forth,

and he saw that his olive tree began to decay; and he said:

I will prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it,

that perhaps it may shoot forth young and tender branches, and it perish not.

Jacob 5:5

And it came to pass that he pruned it, and digged about it, and nourished it

according to his word.

Jacob 5:6

And it came to pass that after many days

it began to put forth somewhat a little, young and tender branches;

but behold, the main top thereof began to perish.