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.
Cross-reference
In Ezekiel 19:11, the vine had strong branches for scepters; now those branches are burned, leaving no ruler's scepter.
Ezekiel 19:1 introduces the lament for Israel's princes that concludes here in v14.
Ezekiel 21:25-27 also describes removal of the king's crown, matching the lament that no scepter remains.
Ezekiel 17:18-20 details the covenant-breaking that led to this destruction—the king despised his oath, resulting in the loss of the strong rod.
Ezekiel 20:47 describes a fire devouring trees, directly parallel to the fire consuming the vine here.
Ezekiel 28:12 also begins a lamentation, this time over the king of Tyre—same genre as the lament for Israel's princes here.
Ezekiel 7:10 uses plant imagery — the rod blossoming for judgment — parallel to the vine consumed by fire here.
Lamentations 4:20 laments the capture of the Lord's anointed (Zedekiah), the event ending the Davidic scepter here.
Hosea 3:4 says Israel will be without king or prince, matching Ezekiel's 'no strong branch for a scepter'.
Jeremiah 52:3 repeats the historical note that Zedekiah's rebellion caused the exile, confirming the downfall lamented here.
Jeremiah 38:23 directly prophesies Zedekiah's capture and Jerusalem's burning—the very fire that consumes the vine's strong rods.
Psalm 80:16 says the vine is cut down and burned with fire, directly paralleling the fire from the branch devouring fruit.
Psalm 80:15 refers to Israel as the vine God planted, the same allegory used in Ezekiel 19 for the nation's destruction.
Hosea 10:3 says 'we have no king', a direct parallel to the loss of the ruler's scepter in Ezekiel.
2 Chronicles 36:13 adds that Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart, reinforcing the rebellious cause behind the fire's destruction.
2 Kings 24:20 gives the historical cause: Zedekiah's rebellion against Babylon led to the exile, fulfilling the loss of the Davidic scepter.
Genesis 49:10 promises Judah's scepter will not depart until Shiloh; Ezekiel's lament shows it temporarily removed, contrasting promise with judgment.
Numbers 17:8 shows a dead staff miraculously bearing fruit, contrasting with the consumed vine here that bears none.
Nehemiah 9:37 describes foreign kings ruling over Israel's land, similar to the loss of native rulers in Ezekiel's lament.
Amos 5:1 also takes up a lamentation over Israel, echoing the same prophetic lament genre found here.