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21 and I will destroy his army. I will destroy his best soldiers and scatter them to the wind. Then you will know that I am the Lord and that I told you these things.”

22 This is what the Lord God says:

“I will take a branch from a tall cedar tree.
    I will take a small branch from the top of the tree,
    and I myself will plant it on a very high mountain.
23 I myself will plant it on a high mountain in Israel.
    That branch will grow into a tree.
It will grow branches and make fruit
    and become a beautiful cedar tree.
Many birds will sit on its branches
    and live in the shadows under its branches.

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21 All his choice troops will fall by the sword,(A) and the survivors(B) will be scattered to the winds.(C) Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken.(D)

22 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot(E) from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.(F) 23 On the mountain heights(G) of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit(H) and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.(I)

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