11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A (A)scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness, in the direction of the daughter of My people—not to winnow and not to cleanse,

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11 At that time this people and Jerusalem will be told, “A scorching wind(A) from the barren heights in the desert blows toward my people, but not to winnow or cleanse;

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12 But it was (A)uprooted in fury;
It was (B)thrown down to the ground;
And the (C)east wind dried up its fruit.
[a]Its (D)strong stem [b]was torn out
So that [c]it withered;
The fire consumed it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 19:12 Lit The stem of her strength
  2. Ezekiel 19:12 As in LXX; MT were
  3. Ezekiel 19:12 As in LXX; MT they

12 But it was uprooted(A) in fury
    and thrown to the ground.
The east wind(B) made it shrivel,
    it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
    and fire consumed them.(C)

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15 Though he (A)flourishes among the [a]reeds,
An (B)east wind will come,
The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will (C)become dry
And his spring will dry up;
It will (D)plunder his treasury of every precious article.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:15 Another reading is brothers

15     even though he thrives(A) among his brothers.
An east wind(B) from the Lord will come,
    blowing in from the desert;
his spring will fail
    and his well dry up.(C)
His storehouse will be plundered(D)
    of all its treasures.

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