Reference

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.
10

Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

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.

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.

13

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

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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Annihilation / Destruction
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Destruction / Perishing Language
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Fire Imagery
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Annihilation / Destruction

The verse uses metaphorical language ("plucked up," "cast down," "dried up," "broken and withered," "fire consumed") to describe the destruction, but it doesn't explicitly state that the entity "ceased to exist" in the sense of annihilation, which could imply a complete non-existence rather than just a ruinous state.

Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse describes the destruction of a metaphorical entity, not explicitly the fate of the wicked.

Fire Imagery

While "fire consumed them" is present, the primary imagery in the verse describes the plucking up, casting down, drying up by the east wind, and breaking/withering of rods, suggesting a broader theme of destruction and desolation rather than solely focusing on fire as the instrument of judgment.