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The Lament for the Ruined Vine
Ezekiel 19:10-14
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"'Your mother was like a strong grapevine planted by the water. It was fruitful and luxuriant because of the abundant water.
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It had strong branches to be used as scepters by rulers; besides having thick foliage, it grew taller and taller, until its height was noticed, with its mass of branches.
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But it was torn up in fury and flung on the ground. An east wind withered her fruit, her strong branches were broken off; they dried up; and fire consumed the vine.
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It has been transplanted to the desert, to a dry, thirsty land.
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Fire has gone out from its own branches, burning up its fruit, so that now it has no strong branch to be a ruler's scepter.'" This lamentation became very well known.
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