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11 Then she grew large branches.
    They were like a strong walking stick.
    They were like a king’s scepter.
The vine grew taller and taller.
    It had many branches and reached to the clouds.
12 But the vine was pulled up by the roots,
    and thrown down to the ground.
The hot east wind blew and dried its fruit.
    The strong branches broke, and they were thrown into the fire.

13 “‘Now that grapevine is planted in the desert.
    It is a very dry and thirsty land.

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11 Its branches were strong,
    fit for a ruler’s scepter.
It towered high
    above the thick foliage,
conspicuous for its height
    and for its many branches.(A)
12 But it was uprooted(B) in fury
    and thrown to the ground.
The east wind(C) made it shrivel,
    it was stripped of its fruit;
its strong branches withered
    and fire consumed them.(D)
13 Now it is planted in the desert,(E)
    in a dry and thirsty land.(F)

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11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

13 And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

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