Someone went out to the field to gather some herbs and found a wild vine. He picked some of its fruit, enough to fill up the fold of his robe. He came back, cut it up, and threw the slices into the stew pot, not knowing they were harmful.

During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah's control and set up their own king.

The Lord provided a deliverer for Israel and they were freed from Syria's power. The Israelites once more lived in security.

This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods;

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.