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14 And fire has gone out from its stem,
    has consumed its branches and fruit,
so that there remains in it no strong stem,
    no scepter for ruling.

This is a lamentation, and it is used as a lamentation.(A)

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14 Fire spread from one of its main[a] branches
    and consumed(A) its fruit.
No strong branch is left on it
    fit for a ruler’s scepter.’(B)

“This is a lament(C) and is to be used as a lament.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:14 Or from under its

11 Its strongest stem became
    a ruler’s scepter;[a]
it towered aloft
    among the clouds;
it stood out in its height
    with its mass of branches.(A)

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  1. 19.11 Heb Its strongest stems became rulers’ scepters

11 Its branches were strong,
    fit for a ruler’s scepter.
It towered high
    above the thick foliage,
conspicuous for its height
    and for its many branches.(A)

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Israel Degraded

19 As for you, raise up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,(A)

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A Lament Over Israel’s Princes

19 “Take up a lament(A) concerning the princes(B) of Israel

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18 For wickedness burned like a fire,
    consuming briers and thorns;
it kindled the thickets of the forest,
    and they swirled upward in a column of smoke.(A)
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
    the land was burned,
and the people became like fuel for the fire;
    no one spared another.(B)

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18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire;(A)
    it consumes briers and thorns,(B)
it sets the forest thickets ablaze,(C)
    so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath(D) of the Lord Almighty
    the land will be scorched(E)
and the people will be fuel for the fire;(F)
    they will not spare one another.(G)

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15     the stock that your right hand planted.[a]
16 It has been burned with fire; it has been cut down;
    may they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.(A)

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  1. 80.15 Heb adds from 80.17 and upon the one whom you made strong for yourself

15     the root your right hand has planted,
    the son[a] you have raised up for yourself.

16 Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire;(A)
    at your rebuke(B) your people perish.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:15 Or branch

20 Indeed, Jerusalem and Judah so angered the Lord that he expelled them from his presence.

The Fall and Captivity of Judah

Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.(A)

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20 It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust(A) them from his presence.(B)

The Fall of Jerusalem(C)(D)(E)

Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood.(A) They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises;(B)

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I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself(A) were cursed(B) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,(C) those of my own race,(D) the people of Israel.(E) Theirs is the adoption to sonship;(F) theirs the divine glory,(G) the covenants,(H) the receiving of the law,(I) the temple worship(J) and the promises.(K)

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15 They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar.”

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15 But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”

“Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked.

“We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.

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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it,(A)

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41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it(A)

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The Restoration of David’s Kingdom

11 On that day I will raise up
    the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its[a] breaches
    and raise up its[b] ruins
    and rebuild it as in the days of old,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 9.11 Gk: Heb their
  2. 9.11 Gk: Heb his

Israel’s Restoration

11 “In that day

“I will restore David’s(A) fallen shelter(B)
    I will repair its broken walls
    and restore its ruins(C)
    and will rebuild it as it used to be,(D)

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For now they will say:
    “We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord,
    and a king—what could he do for us?”

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Then they will say, “We have no king
    because we did not revere the Lord.
But even if we had a king,
    what could he do for us?”

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For the Israelites shall remain many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or teraphim.(A)

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For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince,(A) without sacrifice(B) or sacred stones,(C) without ephod(D) or household gods.(E)

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25 As for you, vile, wicked prince of Israel,
    you whose day has come,
    the time of final punishment,(A)
26 thus says the Lord God:
Remove the turban, take off the crown;
    things shall not remain as they are.
Exalt that which is low;
    humble that which is high.(B)
27 A ruin, a ruin, a ruin—
    I will make it!
    (Such has never occurred.)
Until he comes whose right it is;
    to him I will give it.(C)

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25 “‘You profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come,(A) whose time of punishment has reached its climax,(B) 26 this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Take off the turban, remove the crown.(C) It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low.(D) 27 A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin! The crown will not be restored until he to whom it rightfully belongs shall come;(E) to him I will give it.’(F)

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