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10 “‘Your mother was like a vine
    in your blood,
planted by the waters.
    It was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
11 It had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled.
    Their stature was exalted among the thick boughs.
They were seen in their height
    with the multitude of their branches.
12 But it was plucked up in fury.
    It was cast down to the ground,
and the east wind dried up its fruit.
    Its strong branches were broken off and withered.
    The fire consumed them.
13 Now it is planted in the wilderness,
    in a dry and thirsty land.
14 Fire has gone out of its branches.
    It has devoured its fruit,
    so that there is in it no strong branch to be a scepter to rule.’

This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.”

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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