Ezekiel 17:8-10

New Life Version

⁸ It had been planted in good ground beside much water, that it might grow branches and give fruit and become a beautiful vine.”’ ⁹ Tell them, ‘The Lord God says, “Will it live and grow? Will not its roots be pulled up and its fruit be cut off so that its leaves that started to grow dry up? It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by the roots. ¹⁰ Even if it is planted again, will it live and grow? Will it not dry up when the east wind hits it? Will it not dry up in the place where it grew?”’”