“The Lord of the vineyard, on seeing his now venerable tree and the apostasy therein, outlined a course of action to correct the situation, to rejuvenate the tree. … Beginning with prophets such as Moses, Samuel, Elijah, and Isaiah, the Lord attempted to reclaim the house of Israel from apostasy. Even with this effort and only after a period of ‘many days,’ the Lord met with merely minimal success” (Hoskisson, “Allegory of the Olive Tree,” 77–78).