10 Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,[a](A)
planted by the water;
it was fruitful and full of branches(B)
because of abundant water.
11 It had strong branches, fit for the scepters of rulers;
its height towered among the clouds.[b]
So it was conspicuous for its height
as well as its many branches.
12 But it was uprooted in fury,(C)
thrown to the ground,
and the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its strong branches were torn off and dried up;(D)
fire consumed them.
13 Now it is planted in the wilderness,(E)
in a dry and thirsty land.
14 Fire has gone out from its main branch[c]
and has devoured its fruit,
so that it no longer has a strong branch,
a scepter for ruling.(F)

This is a lament and should be used as a lament.”

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Footnotes

  1. 19:10 Some Hb mss; other Hb mss read blood
  2. 19:11 Or thick foliage
  3. 19:14 Lit from the branch of its parts

10 Your mother was (A)like a vine in a vineyard[a]
    planted by the water,
(B)fruitful and full of branches
    (C)by reason of abundant water.
11 Its strong stems became
    rulers' scepters;
it towered aloft
    among the thick boughs;[b]
it was seen in its height
    with the mass of its branches.
12 But the vine was plucked up in fury,
    cast down to the ground;
(D)the east wind dried up its fruit;
    they were stripped off and withered.
As for its strong stem,
    fire consumed it.
13 (E)Now it is planted in the wilderness,
    in a dry and thirsty land.
14 (F)And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots,
    has consumed its fruit,
(G)so that there remains in it no strong stem,
    no scepter for ruling.

This is (H)a lamentation and has become a lamentation.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts in your blood
  2. Ezekiel 19:11 Or the clouds