Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. ] Here follows the explanation of the above riddle and parable, which the prophet from the Lord had orders to deliver.
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Say, This is what the Lord has said: Will it do well? will he not have its roots pulled up and its branches cut off, so that all its young leaves may become dry and it may be pulled up by its roots?
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And if it is planted will it do well? will it not become quite dry at the touch of the east wind, drying up in the bed where it was planted?
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Say now to this uncontrolled people, Are these things not clear to you? Say to them, See, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took its king and its rulers away with him to Babylon;
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And he took one of the sons of the king and made an agreement with him; and he put him under an oath, and took away the great men of the land:
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