14 (A)Fire has come out from a rod of her branches
And devoured her fruit,
So that she has no strong branch—a scepter for ruling.’ ”

(B)This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

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11 She had strong branches for scepters of rulers.
(A)She towered in stature above the thick branches,
And was seen in her height amid the [a]dense foliage.

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  1. Ezekiel 19:11 Or many branches

Israel Degraded

19 “Moreover (A)take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

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18 For wickedness (A)burns as the fire;
It shall devour the briers and thorns,
And kindle in the thickets of the forest;
They shall mount up like rising smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
(B)The land is burned up,
And the people shall be as fuel for the fire;
(C)No man shall spare his brother.

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15 And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,
And the branch that You made strong (A)for Yourself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
(B)They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

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20 For because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally cast them out from His presence. (A)Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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(A)that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. For (B)I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my [a]countrymen according to the flesh, who are Israelites, (C)to whom pertain the adoption, (D)the glory, (E)the covenants, (F)the giving of the law, (G)the service of God, and (H)the promises;

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  1. Romans 9:3 Or relatives

15 But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!”

Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?”

The chief priests answered, (A)“We have no king but Caesar!”

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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and (A)wept over it,

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Israel Will Be Restored

11 “On(A) that day I will raise up
The [a]tabernacle of David, which has fallen down,
And [b]repair its damages;
I will raise up its ruins,
And rebuild it as in the days of old;

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  1. Amos 9:11 Lit. booth; a figure of a deposed dynasty
  2. Amos 9:11 Lit. wall up its breaches

For now they say,
“We have no king,
Because we did not fear the Lord.
And as for a king, what would he do for us?”

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For the children of Israel shall abide many days (A)without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without (B)ephod or (C)teraphim.

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25 ‘Now to you, O (A)profane, wicked prince of Israel, (B)whose day has come, whose iniquity shall end, 26 thus says the Lord God:

“Remove the turban, and take off the crown;
Nothing shall remain the same.
(C)Exalt the humble, and humble the exalted.
27 [a]Overthrown, overthrown,
I will make it overthrown!
(D)It shall be no longer,
Until He comes whose right it is,
And I will give it to (E)Him.” ’

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  1. Ezekiel 21:27 Or Distortion, Ruin

47 and say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, (A)I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour (B)every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces (C)from the south to the north shall be scorched by it.

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18 Since he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and in fact (A)gave[a] his hand and still did all these things, he shall not escape.’ ”

19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “As I live, surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant which he broke, I will recompense on his own head. 20 I will (B)spread My net over him, and he shall be taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and (C)try him there for the [b]treason which he committed against Me.

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  1. Ezekiel 17:18 Took an oath
  2. Ezekiel 17:20 Lit. unfaithful act

Instead, (A)it is thrown into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both ends of it, and its middle is burned. Is it useful for any work?

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20 The (A)breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord,
(B)Was caught in their pits,
Of whom we said, “Under his shadow
We shall live among the nations.”

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For because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, till He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah (A)rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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23 ‘So they shall surrender all your wives and (A)children to the Chaldeans. (B)You shall not escape from their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. And you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.’ ”

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For they have devoured Jacob,
And laid waste his dwelling place.

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37 And (A)it yields much increase to the kings
You have set over us,
Because of our sins;
Also they have (B)dominion over our bodies and our cattle
At their pleasure;
And we are in great distress.

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13 And he also (A)rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he (B)stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.

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15 And the bramble said to the trees,
‘If in truth you anoint me as king over you,
Then come and take shelter in my (A)shade;
But if not, (B)let fire come out of the bramble
And devour the (C)cedars of Lebanon!’

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10 (A)The [a]scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor (B)a lawgiver from between his feet,
(C)Until Shiloh comes;
(D)And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:10 A symbol of kingship

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