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

The proud mother

10 Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard[a] planted beside the waters;
    she bore lush fruit and foliage because of the plentiful water,
11     and she produced mighty branches, fit for rulers’ scepters.
She grew tall, and her crown went up between the clouds.
    Because of her height and thick growth, she became conspicuous.
12     So she was struck down in anger,
        thrown down to the ground.
The east wind dried her out and destroyed her fruit;
    it sapped the branch of its strength,
    and fire consumed it.
13 So now she is planted in the desert,
    in a parched and thirsty land,
14     and fire has gone out from her branch and consumed her foliage and fruit,
        leaving her no strong branch
        or ruler’s scepter.

This is a lamentation, and it will serve as a lamentation.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:10 Or in your blood