Ezekiel 19:10-14

New International Reader's Version

¹⁰ “ ‘Israel, you were like a vine in a vineyard.
    It was planted near water.
It had a lot of fruit and many branches.
    There was plenty of water.
¹¹ Its branches were strong.
    Each was good enough to be made into a ruler’s scepter.
The vine grew high
    above all the leaves.
It stood out because it was so tall
    and had so many branches.
¹² But Nebuchadnezzar became angry.
    He pulled it up by its roots.
    He threw it to the ground.
The east wind dried it up.
    Its fruit was stripped off.
Its strong branches dried up.
    And fire destroyed them.
¹³ Now it is planted in the Babylonian desert.
    It is in a dry and thirsty land.
¹⁴ One of its main branches was Zedekiah.
    Fire spread from it and burned up its fruit.
None of its branches is good enough
    to be made into a ruler’s scepter.’