Ezekiel 17:9-11

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹ Say, Thus says the Lord God: Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its branches,^[a] so that all its fresh sprouting leaves wither? It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it from its roots. ¹⁰ Behold, when it is transplanted, will it thrive? Will it not utterly wither when the east wind strikes it—wither away on the bed where it grew?”

¹¹ Then the word of the Lord came to me: