Ezekiel 15:6-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 Therefore, thus says the Lord God:
Like vine wood among forest trees,
which I have given as fuel for fire,
So I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7 I will set my face against them:
Although they have escaped the fire,
the fire will still devour them;
You shall know that I am the Lord,
when I set my face against them.(A)
Ezekiel 19:10-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Allegory of the Vine Branch
10 Your mother was like a leafy vine[a]
planted by water,
Fruitful and full of branches
because of abundant water.
11 One strong branch grew
into a royal scepter.
So tall it towered among the clouds,
conspicuous in height,
with dense foliage.(A)
12 But she was torn out in fury
and flung to the ground;
The east wind withered her up,
her fruit was plucked away;
Her strongest branch dried up,
fire devoured it.(B)
13 Now she is planted in a wilderness,
in a dry, parched land.(C)
14 Fire flashed from her branch,
and devoured her shoots;
Now she does not have a strong branch,
a royal scepter!(D)
This is a lamentation and serves as a lamentation.
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