Ezekiel 19:11

Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.

And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:

It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.

And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.

I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the c...

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.

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up...

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.