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Like the terrible of the
Terebinth,*
Those who go it on their
own
Those who turn backward
away
Those who forsake the Gardner's
hand,
Their leaves will fade
Their branches will wither
They will seek water in
vain.
Such self-strong will be
as tender
And their works will be
as sparks,
For they will burn full
to the ground,
With no One there to slake
their thirst.
Isaiah 1:27-31
*a very large tree once native
to Jeru-
salem which grows in isolation
from other
trees, and which strives
to send its roots
deep and deeper into the
ground during
drought rather than wait
on and rely on
the provision of rains |
