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10 Israel, once a vibrant vine that bore adequate fruit, is now barren.
    The more fruit he bore, the more altars he made;
    the more his fertile soil produced, the more he made the sacred pillars.
But they aren’t loyal to God in their hearts, and now they’ll pay the penalty:
    the Eternal will break apart their altars and smash their sacred pillars.
Then they’ll say, “We don’t have our own king anymore
    because we didn’t fear the Eternal One.
But even if we still had a king, what could he do for us?”

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10 Israel was a spreading vine;(A)
    he brought forth fruit for himself.
As his fruit increased,
    he built more altars;(B)
as his land prospered,(C)
    he adorned his sacred stones.(D)
Their heart is deceitful,(E)
    and now they must bear their guilt.(F)
The Lord will demolish their altars(G)
    and destroy their sacred stones.(H)

Then they will say, “We have no king
    because we did not revere the Lord.
But even if we had a king,
    what could he do for us?”

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