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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 [L no] scepter for a king.’

This is a ·funeral song [lament]; it ·is to be used as [or has become] a funeral song.”

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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