Ezekiel 19:11-13

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹¹ Its strongest stem became
    a ruler’s sceptre;^[a]
it towered aloft
    among the thick boughs;
it stood out in its height
    with its mass of branches.
¹² But it was plucked up in fury,
    cast down to the ground;
the east wind dried it up;
    its fruit was stripped off,
its strong stem was withered;
    the fire consumed it.
¹³ Now it is transplanted into the wilderness,
    into a dry and thirsty land.