Ezekiel 15
v.2
“Son of man, how is the wood of a vine better than that of a branch on any of the trees in the forest?
They understood that they were his chosen people, his choice vine, and did not believe that God’s judgements would destroy Judah as Ezekiel had proclaimed.
v.8
I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign Lord.”