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10 Your mother was (A)like a vine in your [a]vineyard,
Planted by the waters;
It was fruitful and full of branches
Because of abundant waters.
11 And it had [b](B)strong thick branches fit for scepters of rulers,
And its (C)height was exalted above the clouds
So that it was seen in its exaltedness with the mass of its foliage.
12 But it was (D)uprooted in wrath;
It was (E)cast down to the ground;
And the (F)east wind dried up its fruit.
Its [c](G)strong thick branch [d]was torn off
So that [e]it dried up;
The fire consumed it.
13 So now it is planted in the (H)wilderness,
In a dry and thirsty land.
14 And (I)fire has gone out from its thick branch;
It has consumed its shoots and fruit,
So that there is not in it a [f]strong thick branch,
A scepter to rule.’”

This is a lamentation and has become a lamentation.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:10 As in some ancient mss; M.T. blood
  2. Ezekiel 19:11 Lit rods of strength
  3. Ezekiel 19:12 Lit rods of her strength
  4. Ezekiel 19:12 As in Gr; M.T. they were
  5. Ezekiel 19:12 As in Gr; M.T. they
  6. Ezekiel 19:14 Lit rod of strength

10 “‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard[a](A)
    planted by the water;(B)
it was fruitful and full of branches
    because of abundant water.(C)
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.(D)
12 But it was uprooted(E) in fury
    and thrown to the ground.
The east wind(F) made it shrivel,
    it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
    and fire consumed them.(G)
13 Now it is planted in the desert,(H)
    in a dry and thirsty land.(I)
14 Fire spread from one of its main[b] branches
    and consumed(J) its fruit.
No strong branch is left on it
    fit for a ruler’s scepter.’(K)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:10 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts your blood
  2. Ezekiel 19:14 Or from under its