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12 The Lord will send the people far away,
    and the land will be left empty.
13 One-tenth of the people will be left in the land,
    but it will be destroyed again.
These people will be like an oak tree
    whose stump is left when the tree is chopped down.
    The people who remain will be like a stump that will sprout again.”

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12 until the Lord has sent everyone far away(A)
    and the land is utterly forsaken.(B)
13 And though a tenth remains(C) in the land,
    it will again be laid waste.(D)
But as the terebinth and oak
    leave stumps(E) when they are cut down,
    so the holy(F) seed will be the stump in the land.”(G)

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