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saying, 'Thussays the LordGOD, "A greateagle with greatwings, longpinions and a fullplumage of manycolorscame to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
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"Then it sprouted and became a low, spreadingvine with its branchesturnedtoward him, but its rootsremainedunder it. So it became a vine and yieldedshoots and sent out branches.
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"But there was anothergreateagle with greatwings and muchplumage; and behold, thisvinebent its rootstoward him and sent out its branches toward him from the bedswhere it was planted, that he might water it.
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"Say, 'Thussays the LordGOD, "Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cutoff its fruit, so that it withers -so that all its sproutingleaveswither? And neither by greatstrengthnor by manypeople can it be raised from its roots again.