Ezekiel 19:12-14

New International Reader's Version

¹² But Nebuchadnezzar became angry.
    He pulled it up by its roots.
    He threw it to the ground.
The east wind dried it up.
    Its fruit was stripped off.
Its strong branches dried up.
    And fire destroyed them.
¹³ Now it is planted in the Babylonian desert.
    It is in a dry and thirsty land.
¹⁴ One of its main branches was Zedekiah.
    Fire spread from it and burned up its fruit.
None of its branches is good enough
    to be made into a ruler’s scepter.’