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¹⁰Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard transplanted by the water, fruitful and full of branches from abundant water. ¹¹Its strongest stem became a ruler’s scepter; it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it stood out in its height with its mass of branches. ¹²But it was plucked up in fury, cast down to the ground; the east wind dried it up; its fruit was stripped off, its strong stem was withered; the fire consumed it. ¹³Now it is transplanted into the wilderness, into a dry and thirsty land. ¹⁴And fire has gone out from its stem, has consumed its branches and fruit, so that there remains in it no strong stem, no scepter for ruling. This is a lamentation, and it is used as a lamentation.