Ezekiel 19:13-14

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹³Now it is transplanted in the wilderness,
    in 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 a ruler.

This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

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