Ezekiel 19:12-14

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

13 Now it is planted in the desert, in a dry and thirsty land.

14 Fire spread from one of its main^[a] branches and consumed its fruit. No strong branch is left on it fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ “This is a lament and is to be used as a lament.”

Ezekiel 19:12-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 19

The subject matter of this chapter is a lamentation for the princes and people of the Jews, on account of what had already befallen them, and what was yet to come, Eze 19:1. The mother of the princes is compared to a lioness, and they to lions; who, one after another, were taken and carried captive, Eze 19:2-9; again, their mother is compared to a vine, and they to branches and rods for sceptres, destroyed by an east wind, and consumed by fire, Eze 19:10-14.

Cross References

• 1. S Deuteronomy 29:28; Ezekiel 17:10
• 2. S Genesis 41:6
• 3. S Isaiah 27:11; S Ezekiel 17:24; Ezekiel 28:17; Hosea 13:15
• 4. Ezekiel 20:35; Hosea 2:14
• 5. Hosea 2:3
• 6. Ezekiel 20:47
• 7. S Ezekiel 15:4
• 8. S ver 1

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "from under its"