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    and plucked off its highest branch.
He carried it away to a city filled with merchants.
    He planted it in a city of traders.
He also took a seedling from the land
    and planted it in fertile soil.
He placed it beside a broad river,
    where it could grow like a willow tree.
It took root there and
    grew into a low, spreading vine.
Its branches turned up toward the eagle,
    and its roots grew down into the ground.
It produced strong branches
    and put out shoots.

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he broke off(A) its topmost shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city of traders.

“‘He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water,(B) and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches(C) turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.(D)

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