Ezekiel 19:10-14

“ ‘Your mother was like a grapevine planted beside a stream, with luscious fruit and full of branches, because the water flowed so abundantly. She grew strong branches, and some grew very high, which became royal scepters. The vine grew higher and higher, up into the clouds. Everyone could see her towering height and the vast number of her branches. But disaster struck the vine. Angry, mighty hands pulled it up by its roots and threw it to the ground. The hot east wind dried it up, and her fruit shriveled and fell to the ground. Her strong stem was withered and was consumed by the fire. Now what remains of her has been transplanted to the desert, to a dry and thirsty land. Fire spread from her stem and devoured its fruit. There is not a strong branch left that could become a scepter for a king.’ ”