But it was pluckedup in fury;It was castdownto the ground;And the eastwinddriedup its fruit.Its strongbranchwas tornoffSo that it withered;The fireconsumedit.
In his daysPharaohNecokingof Egyptwentup to the kingof Assyriato the riverEuphrates.And KingJosiahwentto meethim, and when [Pharaoh Neco] sawhim he killedhim at Megiddo.
PharaohNecomadeEliakimthe sonof Josiahkingin the placeof Josiahhis father,and changedhis nameto Jehoiakim.But he tookJehoahazaway and brought[him] to Egypt,and he diedthere.
So Jehoiakimsleptwith his fathers,and Jehoiachinhis sonbecamekingin his place.
But Godwill breakyou downforever;He will snatchyou up and tearyou awayfrom [your] tent,And uprootyou from the landof the living.Selah.
It is burnedwith fire,it is cutdown;They perishat the rebukeof Your countenance.
When its limbsare dry,they are brokenoff; Womencome[and] makea firewith them, For they are not a peopleof discernment,Thereforetheir Makerwill not havecompassionon them. And their Creatorwill not be graciousto them.
You contendedwith them by banishingthem, by drivingthem away.With His fiercewindHe has expelled[them] on the dayof the eastwind.
"Thussaysthe LORD,'Writethismandownchildless,A manwho will not prosperin his days;For nomanof his descendantswill prosperSittingon the throneof DavidOr rulingagainin Judah.'"
"As I have watchedoverthem to pluckup, to breakdown,to overthrow,to destroyand to bringdisaster,soI will watchoverthem to buildand to plant,"declaresthe LORD.
Howthe Lordhas coveredthe daughterof ZionWith a cloudin His anger!He has castfrom heavento earthThe gloryof Israel,And has not rememberedHis footstoolIn the dayof His anger.
"Sonof man,howis the woodof the vine[better] thananywoodof a branchwhichis among the treesof the forest?
"Ifit has been putinto the firefor fuel,[and] the firehas consumedbothof its endsand its middleparthas beencharred,is it [then] usefulfor anything?
"Behold,though it is planted,will it thrive?Will it not completelywitheras soon as the eastwindstrikesit-- witheron the bedswhereit grew?"'"
And it hadstrongbranches[fit] for sceptersof rulers,And its heightwas raisedabovethe cloudsSo that it was seenin its heightwith the massof its branches.
"Your heartwas liftedup because of your beauty;You corruptedyour wisdomby reasonof your splendor.I castyou to the ground;I putyou beforekings,That they may seeyou.
Thoughhe flourishesamongthe reeds,An eastwindwill come,The windof the LORDcomingup from the wilderness;And his fountainwill becomedryAnd his springwill be driedup; It will plunder[his] treasuryof everypreciousarticle.
When the suncameup Godappointeda scorchingeastwind,and the sunbeatdownon Jonah'sheadso that he becamefaintand beggedwith [all] his soulto die,saying,"Deathis betterto me thanlife."
"The axeis alreadylaidat the rootof the trees;thereforeeverytreethat does not beargoodfruitis cut downand throwninto the fire.
"Ifanyonedoes not abidein Me, he is thrownawayas a branchand driesup; and they gatherthem, and castthem into the fireand they are burned.
and the LORDuprootedthem from their landin angerand in furyand in greatwrath,and castthem into anotherland,as [it is] thisday.'
For a fireis kindledin My anger,And burnsto the lowestpartof Sheol,And consumesthe earthwith its yield,And setson firethe foundationsof the mountains.
