Ezekiel 19:14

19:14 A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. ¹ 

No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.’

This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.”

Ezekiel 22:31

22:31 So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, ²  declares the sovereign Lord.”

¹ tn The verse describes the similar situation recorded in Judg 9:20.

² tn Heb “their way on their head I have placed.”