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19 I will make trees grow in the desert.
    There will be cedar, acacias, olive trees, cypress, fir trees, and pines.
20 I will do this so that people will see it and know who did it.
    They will notice what happened.
Then they will understand that the Lord’s hand made it happen,
    that the Holy One of Israel created it all.”

The Lord Challenges the False Gods

21 The Lord, the king of Jacob, says, “Come, present your arguments. Show me your proof.

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19 I will put in the desert(A)
    the cedar and the acacia,(B) the myrtle and the olive.
I will set junipers(C) in the wasteland,
    the fir and the cypress(D) together,(E)
20 so that people may see and know,(F)
    may consider and understand,(G)
that the hand(H) of the Lord has done this,
    that the Holy One(I) of Israel has created(J) it.

21 “Present your case,(K)” says the Lord.
    “Set forth your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.(L)

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