Ezekiel 19:10-14

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¹⁰ “‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard,
    planted beside the water.
The vine had many branches and gave much fruit,
    because there was plenty of water.
¹¹ The vine had strong ·branches [boughs],
    good enough for a king’s scepter.
The vine became tall
    among the thick branches.
And it ·was seen [stood out], because it was tall
    with many branches.
¹² But it was pulled up by its roots in anger
    and thrown down to the ground.
The east wind dried it up.
    Its fruit was ·torn [stripped] off.
Its strong branches were broken off
    and burned up.
¹³ Now the vine is planted in the ·desert [wilderness],
    in a dry and thirsty land.
¹⁴ Fire spread from the vine’s main branch,
    ·destroying [consuming] its fruit.
There is not a strong branch left on it
    ·that could become a [^Lno] scepter for a king.’