 In chapter 26, verse 25, he called Felix noble. And in Jeremiah 2, verse 21, God said of Israel, Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, which is an exceptional vine. That's how I planted you, God said, Israel. How then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine? So he was saying that at one time you were excellent, but now you've really degenerated because of your sinfulness.