rsv Ezekiel:19:11-14
rsv@Ezekiel:19:11 @ Its strongest stem became a ruler's scepter; it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.
rsv@Ezekiel:19:12 @ But the vine was plucked up in fury, cast down to the ground; the east wind dried it up; its fruit was stripped off, its strong stem was withered; the fire consumed it.
rsv@Ezekiel:19:13 @ Now it is transplanted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.
rsv@Ezekiel:19:14 @ And fire has gone out from its stem, has consumed its branches and fruit, so that there remains in it no strong stem, no scepter for a ruler. This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.