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It was planted in a good soil by many waters that it might bring forth branches and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.

Say thou: Thus hath the Lord GOD said, Shall it be prospered? Shall he not pull it up its roots and destroy its fruit and let it wither? All of the leaves of her spring shall wither, even without great power or many people plucking it up by its roots.

10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it be prospered? Shall it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

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It had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches,(A) bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’

“Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots.(B) 10 It has been planted,(C) but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it—wither away in the plot where it grew?(D)’”

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