Ezekiel 19:11-12

19:11 Its boughs were strong, fit ¹  for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds.

It stood out because of its height and its many branches. ² 

19:12 But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.

The east wind ³  dried up its fruit;

its strong branches broke off and withered –

a fire consumed them.

Isaiah 15:7

15:7 For this reason what they have made and stored up,

they carry over the Stream of the Poplars.

Isaiah 44:4

44:4 They will sprout up like a tree in the grass, ⁴ 

like poplars beside channels of water.

[19:11]  ¹ tn The word “fit” does not occur in the Hebrew text.

[19:11]  ² tn Heb “and it was seen by its height and by the abundance of its branches.”

[19:12]  ³ sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.

[44:4]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term בֵין (ven) is usually taken as a preposition, in which case one might translate, “among the grass.” But בֵין is probably the name of a tree (cf. C. R. North, Second Isaiah, 133). If one alters the preposition bet (בְּ) to kaf (כְּ), one can then read, “like a binu-tree.” (The Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a supports this reading.) This forms a nice parallel to “like poplars” in the next line. חָצִיר (khatsir) is functioning as an adverbial accusative of location.