9  And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

  2  For behold, I say unto you that as many of the Gentiles as will repent are the covenant people of the Lord; and as many of the Jews as will not repent shall be ^ccast off; for the Lord covenanteth with none save it be with them that repent and believe in his Son, who is the Holy One of Israel.