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And it grew and became a vine of many branches, low of stature, whose branches looked at him, and its roots were under him: so it became a vine and brought forth branches and shot forth sprigs.
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There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers; and, behold, this vine joined her roots toward him and extended her branches toward him that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
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It was planted in a good soil by many waters that it might bring forth branches and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
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Say thou: Thus hath the Lord GOD said, Shall it be prospered? Shall he not pull
it up its roots and destroy its fruit and let it wither? All of the leaves of her spring shall wither, even without great power or many people plucking it up by its roots.
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Yea, behold,
being planted, shall it be prospered? Shall it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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Say now to the rebellious house: Do ye not know what these
things mean? Tell
them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem and has taken its king and its princes and led them with him to Babylon;
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and has taken of the seed of the kingdom and made a covenant with him and has brought him to an oath: he has also taken the mighty of the land:
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that the kingdom might be cast down, that it might not lift itself up,
but that it might keep his covenant and stay in her.
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But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors unto Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he be prospered, shall he that does such
things escape? And shall he who broke the covenant be able to flee?
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As I live, said the Lord GOD, surely in the place
where the king
dwells that made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke,
even with him in the midst of Babylon, he shall die.