Ezekiel 19:10–14

10 ‘Your mother was alike a vine in your 1vineyard,

Planted by the waters;

It was fruitful and full of branches

Because of abundant waters.

11 ‘And it had 1astrong branches fit for scepters of rulers,

And its bheight was raised above the clouds

So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.

12 ‘But it was aplucked up in fury;

It was bcast down to the ground;

And the ceast wind dried up its fruit.

Its 1dstrong branch 2was torn off

So that 3it withered;

The fire consumed it.

13 ‘And now it is planted in the awilderness,

In a dry and thirsty land.

14 ‘And afire has gone out from its branch;

It has consumed its shoots and fruit,

So that there is not in it a 1strong branch,

A scepter to rule.’ ”

This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.