Ezekiel 19:13-14

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹³Now it is transplanted into the wilderness,
    into a dry and thirsty land.
¹⁴And 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 ruling.

This is a lamentation, and it is used as a lamentation.

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