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15 He can lean on his house, but it won’t stand;
he can hold on to it, but it won’t last;
16 [for its destruction will come] like the lush growth
of a plant in the sun,
its shoots may spread out all over its garden,
17 but meanwhile its roots cause the stone house
to collapse, as it seizes hold of the rocks;

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15 They lean on the web,(A) but it gives way;
    they cling to it, but it does not hold.(B)
16 They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
    spreading its shoots(C) over the garden;(D)
17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
    and looks for a place among the stones.

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