⁹ Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”

^2 (A)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit ^(B)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^(C)that it may bear more fruit.

⁸ But ^(A)if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, ^(B)and its end is to be burned.

^15 (A)who killed both the Lord Jesus and ^(B)the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and ^(C)oppose all mankind

¹⁴ shall we break your commandments again and ^(A)intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would you not be angry with us ^(B)until you consumed us, so that there should be no ^(C)remnant, nor any to escape? ¹⁵ O Lord, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a ^(D)remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our ^(E)guilt, ^(F)for none can stand before you because of this.”

⁵ And I heard the angel in charge of the waters^[a] say,

⁷ And I heard ^(G)the altar saying,

³ And they sing ^(A)the song of Moses, ^(B)the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

^5 (A)we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly ^(B)and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. ^6 (C)We have not listened to ^(D)your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to ^(E)our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. ⁷ To you, ^(F)O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, ^(G)those who are near and ^(H)those who are far away, in ^(I)all the lands to which you have driven them, because of ^(J)the treachery that they have committed against you. ⁸ To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because ^(K)we have sinned against you.