Ezek 17
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And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the
house of Israel;
3And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great
wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took
the highest branch of the cedar:
4He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into
a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.
5He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a
fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow
tree.
6And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose
branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and
brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
7There was also another great eagle with great wings and many
feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her
branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
8It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might
bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
9Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he
not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall
wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck
it up by the roots thereof.
10Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall
it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows
where it grew.
11Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
12Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things
mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath
taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;
13And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with
him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
14That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift
itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
15But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into
Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape
that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?
16As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where
the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose
covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
17Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great
company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many
persons:
18Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when,
lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
19Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely
mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I
recompense upon his own head.
20And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in
my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass
that he hath trespassed against me.
21And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the
sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I
the LORD have spoken it.
22Thus saith the Lord GOD; I
will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will
crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an
high mountain and eminent:
23In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and
it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall
dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
24And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD
have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree,
and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.
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