Ezekiel 19:9-11

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹ With hooks they put him in a cage,
    and brought him to the king of Babylon;
    they brought him into custody,
so that his voice should be heard no more
    on the mountains of Israel.
¹⁰ Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard^[a]
    transplanted by the water,
fruitful and full of branches
    from abundant water.
¹¹ Its strongest stem became
    a ruler’s scepter;^[b]
it towered aloft
    among the thick boughs;
it stood out in its height
    with its mass of branches.