Isaiah 18:6
They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey,
What it says
The cut branches are left for birds and beasts through summer and winter.
What it is doing
This verse depicts the aftermath of divine pruning as exposed and abandoned.
In context
1Woe to the land of whirring wings, 2which sends couriers by sea, 3All you people of the world 4For this is what the LORD has told me: 5For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone 6They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, 7At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—