Ezekiel 19 · Verse 12

Ezekiel 19:12

But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
Ezekiel 19:12, King James Version

Ezekiel 19:12 in other translations

BSBBut it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them.
WEBBut it was plucked up in fury. It was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered. The fire consumed them.
ASVBut it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.
YLTAnd it is plucked up in fury, To the earth it hath been cast, And the east wind hath dried up its fruit, Broken and withered hath been the rod of its strength, Fire hath consumed it.
DARBYBut it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit; its strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
BBEBut she was uprooted in burning wrath, and made low on the earth; the east wind came, drying her up, and her branches were broken off; her strong rod became dry, the fire made a meal of it.
WebsterBut she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

What does Ezekiel 19:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. plucked up--not gradually withered. The sudden upturning of the state was designed to awaken the Jews out of their torpor to see the hand of God in the national judgment. east wind--(See on Eze 17:10).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 But she was plucked up in fury - Jerusalem; taken after a violent and most destructive siege; Nebuchadnezzar being violently enraged against Zedekiah for breaking his oath to him. She was cast down to the ground - Jerusalem was totally ruined, by being burned to the ground. Her strong rods were broken - The children of Zedekiah were slain before his eyes, and after that his own eyes pulled out; and he was laden with chains, and carried into Babylon.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 19:10-14

Jerusalem was a vine, flourishing and fruitful. This vine is now destroyed, though not plucked up by the roots. She has by wickedness made herself like tinder to the sparks of God's wrath, so that her own branches serve as fuel to burn her. Blessed be God, one Branch of the vine here alluded to, is not only become a strong rod for the sceptre of those that rule, but is Himself the true and living Vine. This shall be…

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Ezekiel 19:12 in the original Hebrew

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וַתֻּתַּ֤שׁva.tu.Tashand it was plucked upH5428
בְּחֵמָה֙be.che.Mahin rageH2534
לָאָ֣רֶץla.'A.retzto the groundH776
הֻשְׁלָ֔כָהhush.La.khahit was thrown downH7993
וְר֥וּחַve.Ru.achand [the] wind ofH7307
הַקָּדִ֖יםha.ka.Dimthe eastH6921
הוֹבִ֣ישׁho.Vishit dried upH3001
פִּרְיָ֑הּpir.Yahfruit itsH6529
הִתְפָּרְק֧וּhit.pa.re.Kuthey were torn offH6561
וְיָבֵ֛שׁוּve.ya.Ve.shuand they became dryH3001
מַטֵּ֥הma.Teh[the] branch ofH4294
עֻזָּ֖הּ'u.Zahstrength itsH5797
אֵ֥שׁ'esha fireH784
אֲכָלָֽתְהוּ\׃'a.kha.La.te.huit consumed itH398

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Cross references for Ezekiel 19:12

  • Ezekiel 17:10

    Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

  • Hosea 13:15

    Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.

  • Isaiah 27:11

    When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

  • Jeremiah 31:28

    And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 15:4

    Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

  • Ezekiel 19:11

    And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

  • Jeremiah 22:25-27

    And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

  • Ezekiel 15:6-8

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them. And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God.

  • Jeremiah 22:18-19

    Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

  • John 15:6

    If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

  • Psalms 89:40-45

    Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. …

  • 2 Kings 24:6

    So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
she was.The kingdom was entirely ruined, and her princes cut off.
15:6-8; Ps 52:5; 80:12,13,16; 89:40-45; Isa 5:5,6; Jer 31:28
the east.
17:10; Jer 4:11,12; Ho 13:15
strong.
11; 2Ki 23:29,34; 24:6,14-16; 25:6,7; Jer 22:10,11,18,19,25-27,30
the fire.
Eze 15:4; 20:47,48; De 32:22; Isa 27:11; Mt 3:10; Joh 15:6

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Context

  • Ezekiel 19:11

    And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

  • Ezekiel 19:12

    But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

  • Ezekiel 19:13

    And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

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Ezekiel 19:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Empero fué arrancada con ira, derribada en tierra, y viento solano secó su fruto; fueron quebradas y secáronse sus varas fuertes; consumiólas el fuego.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais elle fut arrachée avec fureur, jetée par terre, et le vent d’orient fit sécher son fruit; ses rameaux robustes ont été brisés et desséchés, le feu les a consumés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da wurde er ausgerissen im Grimm, zu Boden geworfen, und der Ostwind dörrte seine Frucht; seine starken Zweige wurden abgerissen und dürr, Feuer verzehrte sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et evulsa est in ira, in terramque projecta, et ventus urens siccavit fructum ejus: marcuerunt et arefactæ sunt virgæ roboris ejus: ignis comedit eam.