Ezekiel 19:14

Ezekiel 19:14 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

14Fire spread from one of its main19:14 Or from under its branches

and consumed its fruit.

No strong branch is left on it

fit for a ruler’s scepter.’

“This is a lament and is to be used as a lament.”

14‘And fire has gone out from its stem;

It has consumed its shoots and fruit,

So that there is no 19:14 Lit stem of strengthstrong stem in it,

A scepter to rule.’ ”

This is a song of mourning, and has become a song of mourning.

14And fire has gone out from its branch;

It has consumed its shoots and fruit,

So that there is not in it a strong branch,

A scepter to rule.’ ”

This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

14‘And the fire [of Zedekiah’s rebellion] has gone out from its branch;

It has consumed the vine’s shoots and fruit,

So that it has in it no [longer a] strong branch

As a scepter to rule.’ ”

This is a dirge (funeral poem to be sung), and has become a dirge.

14Fire has gone out from its main branch

and devoured its fruit;

on it no strong branch remains

fit for a ruler’s scepter.’

This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”

14One of its main branches was Zedekiah.

Fire spread from it and burned up its fruit.

None of its branches is good enough

to be made into a ruler’s scepter.’

This is a song of sadness. And that is how it should be used.”