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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
2Son[H1121] of man[H120], What is the vine[H1612]tree[H6086] more than any tree[H6086], or than a branch[H2156] which is among the trees[H6086] of the forest?[H3293]
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Shall wood[H6086] be taken[H3947] thereof to do[H6213] any work?[H4399] or will men take[H3947] a pin[H3489] of it to hang[H8518] any vessel[H3627] thereon?
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Behold, it is cast[H5414] into the fire[H784] for fuel[H402]; the fire[H784]devoureth[H398]both[H8147] the ends[H7098] of it, and the midst[H8432] of it is burned[H2787]. Is it meet[H6743] for any work?[H4399]
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Behold, when it was whole[H8549], it was meet[H6213] for no work[H4399]: how much less shall it be meet[H6213] yet for any work[H4399], when the fire[H784] hath devoured[H398] it, and it is burned?[H2787]
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; As the vine[H1612]tree[H6086] among the trees[H6086] of the forest[H3293], which I have given[H5414] to the fire[H784] for fuel[H402], so will I give[H5414] the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389].
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And I will set[H5414] my face[H6440] against them; they shall go out[H3318] from one fire[H784], and another fire[H784] shall devour[H398] them; and ye shall know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068], when I set[H7760] my face[H6440] against them.
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And I will make[H5414] the land[H776]desolate[H8077], because they have committed[H4603] a trespass[H4604], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].