19:12 But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.
The east wind 1 dried up its fruit;
its strong branches broke off and withered –
a fire consumed them.
19:14 A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. 2
No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.’
This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.”
17:9 “‘Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘Will it prosper?
Will he not rip out its roots
and cause its fruit to rot 3 and wither?
All its foliage 4 will wither.
No strong arm or large army
will be needed to pull it out by its roots. 5
1 sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.
2 tn The verse describes the similar situation recorded in Judg 9:20.
3 tn The Hebrew root occurs only here in the OT and appears to have the meaning of “strip off.” In application to fruit the meaning may be “cause to rot.”
4 tn Heb “all the טַרְפֵּי (tarpey) of branches.” The word טַרְפֵּי occurs only here in the Bible; its precise meaning is uncertain.
5 tn Or “there will be no strong arm or large army when it is pulled up by the roots.”