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The nations came forth against him
    from the surrounding regions.
They spread their net over him,
    and he was trapped in their pit.
With hooks they dragged him into a cage
    and took him away to the king of Babylon.
He was imprisoned, and his roars were no longer heard
    on the mountains of Israel.

Allegory of the Vine Branch

10 Your mother was like a vine
    planted by the water.
It was fruitful and full of branches
    because of the abundant water.

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