13 “‘I will take away their harvest,
declares the Lord.
    There will be no grapes on the vine.(A)
There will be no figs(B) on the tree,
    and their leaves will wither.(C)
What I have given them
    will be taken(D) from them.[a]’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

12 I will ruin her vines(A) and her fig trees,(B)
    which she said were her pay from her lovers;(C)
I will make them a thicket,(D)
    and wild animals will devour them.(E)

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It has laid waste(A) my vines
    and ruined my fig trees.(B)
It has stripped off their bark
    and thrown it away,
    leaving their branches white.

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12 The vine is dried up
    and the fig tree is withered;(A)
the pomegranate,(B) the palm and the apple[a] tree—
    all the trees of the field—are dried up.(C)
Surely the people’s joy
    is withered away.

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Footnotes

  1. Joel 1:12 Or possibly apricot

19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate(A) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.(B)

“‘From this day on I will bless(C) you.’”

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