• The Olive Tree as an idiom of the covenant relationship between YHWH and Israel (Rom 11 & Jer 11).
• The Fig Tree is a common idiom which speaks of Israel in a national sense (Mt 24:32).
• The Vine in speaks of the Spiritual relationship between Israel and YHWH (Isa 5 & Hos 10).
• The Bramble Bush is idiomatic of Israel in terms of their failure (Judg 9:14-15).
