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16 The Lord named you
a flourishing olive tree,(A)
beautiful with well-formed fruit.
He has set fire to it,
and its branches are consumed[a],(B)
with the sound of a mighty tumult.(C)

17 ‘The Lord of Armies who planted you(D) has decreed disaster against you, because of the disaster[b] the house of Israel and the house of Judah brought on themselves when they angered me by burning incense to Baal.’

18 The Lord informed me, so I knew.
Then you helped me to see their deeds,

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Footnotes

  1. 11:16 Vg; MT reads broken
  2. 11:17 Or evil