15 And the bramble said to the trees, ‘If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and (A)take refuge in my shade, but if not, (B)let fire come out of the bramble and devour (C)the cedars of Lebanon.’

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(A)who set out to go down to Egypt,
    without asking for my direction,
to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh
    and to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt!

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They shall return and (A)dwell beneath my[a] shadow;
    they shall flourish like the grain;
they shall blossom like the vine;
    their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:7 Hebrew his

13 against all the (A)cedars of Lebanon,
    lofty and lifted up;
    and against all the (B)oaks of Bashan;

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20 But if not, (A)let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and from Beth-millo and devour Abimelech.”

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12 (A)Its leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. (B)The beasts of the field found shade under it, and (C)the birds of the heavens lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.

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14 (A)And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots,
    has consumed its fruit,
(B)so that there remains in it no strong stem,
    no scepter for ruling.

This is (C)a lamentation and has become a lamentation.

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24 By your servants you have mocked the Lord,
    and you have said, (A)With my many chariots
I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
    to the far recesses of Lebanon,
(B)to cut down its tallest cedars,
    its choicest cypresses,
to come to its remotest height,
    its most fruitful forest.

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16 The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly,
    (A)the cedars of Lebanon (B)that he planted.

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And Jehoash king of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, (A)“A thistle on Lebanon sent to a cedar on Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son for a wife,’ and a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle.

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28 For (A)fire came out from (B)Heshbon,
    flame from the city of Sihon.
It devoured (C)Ar of Moab,
    and swallowed[a] the heights of the Arnon.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:28 Septuagint; Hebrew the lords of

32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”

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    Behold, (A)Assyria was a (B)cedar in (C)Lebanon,
with beautiful branches and (D)forest shade,
    (E)and of towering height,
    its top among the clouds.[a]

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  1. Ezekiel 31:3 Or its top went through the thick boughs

31 And the strong shall become (A)tinder,
    and his work a spark,
and both of them shall burn together,
    with (B)none to quench them.

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49 So every one of the people cut down his bundle and following Abimelech put it against (A)the stronghold, and they set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the Tower of Shechem also died, about 1,000 men and women.

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