THE LITERAL HOUSE OF JACOB IS LIKENED TO AN OLIVE TREE

Jeremiah 11:16 The LORD called your name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire upon it and the branches of it are broken.

Jeremiah 11:17 For the LORD of hosts that planted you has pronounced evil against you for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah …