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10 Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,[a]
    planted by water, fruitful and full of branches
    because of plentiful waters.
11 Its strong branches[b] became scepters for rulers.
    It towered high, among the clouds.
    It was outstanding because of its height,
    and because of the abundance of its branches.
12 But the vine was uprooted in wrath,
    and it was hurled to the ground.
    The east wind dried up its fruit.
    Its strong branch was torn off so that it dried up,
    and fire devoured it.
13 Now it is planted in the wilderness,
    in a dry and thirsty land.
14 Fire has come out from its main branch
    and consumed its fruit,
    so that it no longer has a strong branch,
    no scepter fit for ruling.

This is a lament, and it was used as a lament.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:10 A few Hebrew manuscripts read vineyard. Most Hebrew manuscripts read blood, but the context supports vineyard.
  2. Ezekiel 19:11 The word translated strong branches also means rulers’ staffs. Also in verses 12 and 14.

10 Your mother was like the vine in your vineyard;[a]
    planted fruitfully[b] beside water,
and it was full of branches
    from many waters.[c]
11 And she produced branches of strength[d]
    to[e] scepters of rulers;
its height became tall
    between[f] thick foliage,
and it was seen[g] because of its tallness
    among the abundance of its branches.
12 But it was uprooted in rage;
    it was thrown to the earth,
and the east wind dried up its fruit;
    they were stripped off,
and its strong branch dried up;
    fire consumed it.
13 And now it is planted in the desert,
    in a dry and thirsty land.[h]
14 And so fire has gone out from the stem of its branches;
    its fruit it has consumed,
and there was not in it a strong branch,[i]
    a scepter for ruling.’”

This is a lament, and it will be used as a lament.[j]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:10 Or “in the vineyard”
  2. Ezekiel 19:10 Literally “fruitful”
  3. Ezekiel 19:10 Or “from waters abundant/many”
  4. Ezekiel 19:11 Literally “they became to her branches/rods of strength”
  5. Ezekiel 19:11 Or “for”
  6. Ezekiel 19:11 Or “among”
  7. Ezekiel 19:11 Or “visible”
  8. Ezekiel 19:13 Literally “a land of dryness and thirst”
  9. Ezekiel 19:14 Literally “a branch of strength”
  10. Ezekiel 19:14 Literally “she is for a lament”