By the unmeetneſs of the vine-branch for any work, 1 —— 5, is ſhewed tit rejeftion and utter ruin of Jeruſalem for their ſius, G——=8.
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ither thus, when the ;£ fruitleſs, it is leſs worth than the Foreſt. O Houſe of 1/-ael, in my account: Or elſe, as Trees for the Fire in all the leſs valuable parts of them,ſo ches and Body of the batren Vin i Deſigned and doomed for Food to the Fire. have kindled a Fire, which ſhall burn every b generate and fruitleſs Vine.
7 And * I will Z ſet my face againſt them -/ go out from one fire, and another fire ſhall de and z ye ſhall know that I am the LORD my face againſt them,
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troubled them, I Kings 19. 17, Yer. 48.43 7 You thatare in Babylon, and hear what miſchiefs r/alem one after another, ſhall know 'tis my our upon them. 8 And I will make the land they have -f committed a 6 GOD. 7 Chap, 6. 14. ſzeeo Not one ſingle Treſpaſs,
ſo perperually rreſpaſſing that with greateſt Aggravation,
CHAP. Xy.
a new-born miſerable infant, Jeruſalem, 1 —<$, Gods ſpecial love to them, unthankfulneſs, their whoragym and idolatronus cont Jeere judgment upon them, 35—43. for their SaMmariggs, ga—— 59. A promiſe the end, C0— 63,
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