"For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?"
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And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?
for if these things are done in the green tree, what shall take place in the dry?
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
For if they do these things in a green tree, what will be done in the dry?
For if they do these things in the green tree, what will be done in the dry?"
for, if in the green tree they do these things -- in the dry what may happen?'