Ezekiel 19 · Verse 14

Ezekiel 19:14

And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Ezekiel 19:14, King James Version

Ezekiel 19:14 in other translations

BSBFire 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.”
WEBFire has gone out of its branches. It has devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong branch to be a scepter to rule.’ This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.”
ASVAnd fire is gone out of the rods of its branches, it hath devoured its fruit, so that there is in it no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
YLTAnd go forth doth fire from a rod of its boughs, Its fruit it hath devoured, And it hath no rod of strength--a sceptre to rule, Lamentation it is --and it is for a lamentation!'
DARBYand a fire is gone out of a rod of its branches, which hath devoured its fruit; so that it hath no strong rod to be a sceptre for ruling. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
BBEAnd fire has gone out from her rod, causing the destruction of her branches, so that there is no strong rod in her to be the ruler's rod of authority. This is a song of grief, and it was for a song of grief.
WebsterAnd fire hath gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

What does Ezekiel 19:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. fire ... out of a rod of her branches--The Jews' disaster was to be ascribed, not so much to the Chaldeans as to themselves; the "fire out of the rod" is God's wrath kindled by the perjury of Zedekiah (Eze 17:18). "The anger of the Lord" against Judah is specified as the cause why Zedekiah was permitted to rebel against Babylon (2Ki 24:20; compare Jud 9:15), thus bringing Nebuchadnezzar against Jerusalem. no strong rod ... sceptre to rule--No more kings of David's stock are now to rule the nation. Not at least until "the Lord shall send the rod of His strength ("Messiah," Psa 110:2; Is 11:1) out of Zion," to reign first as a spiritual, then hereafter as a literal king. is ... and shall be for a lamentation--Part of the lamentation (that as to Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim) was matter of history as already accomplished; part (as to Zedekiah) was yet to be fulfilled; or, this prophecy both is a subject for lamentation, and shall be so to distant posterity.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Fire is gone out - A vindictive and murderous disposition has taken hold: - Of a rod of her branches - Ishmael, son of Nethaniah, who was of the blood-royal of Judah: - Hath devoured her fruit - Hath assassinated Gedaliah, slain many people, and carried off others into the country of the Ammonites. But he was pursued by Jonathan, the son of Kareah, who slew many of his adherents, and delivered much of the people. She hath no strong rod - None of the blood-royal of Judah left. And from that time not one of her own royal race ever sat upon the throne of Israel. This is a lamentation - This is a most lamentable business. And shall be for a lamentation - These predictions shall be so punctually fulfilled, and the catastrophe shall be so complete, that it shall ever remain as a lamentation; as this state of Jerusalem shall never be restored. Even to the present day this, to a Jew, is a subject of mourning.

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 19:14 in the original Hebrew

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וַתֵּצֵ֨אva.te.Tze'and it went outH3318
אֵ֜שׁ'eshfireH784
מִמַּטֵּ֤הmi.ma.Tehfrom [the] branch ofH4294
בַדֶּ֙יהָ֙va.Dei.hashoots itsH905
פִּרְיָ֣הּpir.Yahfruit itsH6529
אָכָ֔לָה'a.Kha.lahit consumedH398
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
הָ֥יָהHa.yahit wasH1961
בָ֛הּvahin it
מַטֵּה\־ma.teh-a branch ofH4294
עֹ֖ז'ozstrengthH5797
שֵׁ֣בֶטShe.veta scepterH7626
לִמְשׁ֑וֹלlim.Sholto ruleH4910
קִ֥ינָהKi.nah[is] a lamentationH7015
הִ֖יאhi'itH1931
וַתְּהִ֥יva.te.Hiand it has becomeH1961
לְקִינָֽה\׃\ \פle.ki.Nah<into> a lamentationH7015

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Cross references for Ezekiel 19:14

  • Ezekiel 19:1

    Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

  • 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.

  • Psalms 80:15-16

    And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

  • Isaiah 9:18-19

    For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother.

  • 2 Kings 24:20

    For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

  • Amos 9:11

    In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

  • Hosea 3:4

    For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

  • Ezekiel 21:25-27

    And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

  • Nehemiah 9:37

    And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

  • Lamentations 4:20

    The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

  • Hosea 10:3

    For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then should a king do to us?

  • 2 Chronicles 36:13

    And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
fire.The treachery of Zedekiah hath caused her utter ruin.
17:18-20; Jud 9:15; 2Ki 24:20; 2Ch 36:13; Isa 9:18,19; Jer 38:23
Jer 52:3
she hath.
11; 21:25-27; Ge 49:10; Ne 9:37; Ps 79:7; 80:15,16; Ho 3:4; 10:3
Am 9:11; Joh 19:15
This is.
1; La 4:20; Lu 19:41; Ro 9:2-4

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Context

  • Ezekiel 19:13

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

  • Ezekiel 19:14

    And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

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Ezekiel 19:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y ha salido fuego de la vara de sus ramos, ha consumido su fruto, y no ha quedado en ella vara fuerte, cetro para enseñorear. Endecha es esta, y de endecha servirá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et un feu est sorti d’un rameau de ses branches et a consumé son fruit, et il n’y a pas en elle de rameau robuste, de sceptre pour dominer. C’est là une complainte, et ce sera une complainte.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ein Feuer ist ausgegangen vom Gezweige seiner Ranken, hat seine Frucht verzehrt; und an ihm ist kein starker Zweig mehr, kein Scepter zum Herrschen. Das ist ein Klagelied und wird zum Klageliede.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et egressus est ignis de virga ramorum ejus, qui fructum ejus comedit: et non fuit in ea virga fortis, sceptrum dominantium. Planctus est, et erit in planctum.