Ezekiel 17:8 - Prayer Tents

17The word of the LORD came to me:H1697H3068H559 2"Son of man, propound a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;H1121H120H2330H2420H4911H4912H1004H3478 3say, Thus says the Lord GOD: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, rich in plumage of many colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.H559H559H136H3069H1419H5404H1419H3671H83H750H4392H5133H7553H935H3844H3947H6788H730 4He broke off the topmost of its young twigs and carried it to a land of trade and set it in a city of merchants.H6998H7218H3242H935H776H3667H7760H5892H7402 5Then he took of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside abundant waters. He set it like a willow twig,H3947H2233H776H5414H2233H7704H3947H7227H4325H7760H6851 6and it sprouted and became a low spreading vine, and its branches turned toward him, and its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out boughs.H6779H5628H1612H8217H6967H1808H6437H8328H1612H6213H905H7971H6288 7"And there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage, and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and shot forth its branches toward him from the bed where it was planted, that he might water it.H259H1419H5404H1419H3671H7227H5133H1612H3719H8328H7971H1808H8248H6170H4302 8It had been planted on good soil by abundant waters, that it might produce branches and bear fruit and become a noble vine.H8362H2896H7704H7227H4325H6213H6057H5375H6529H155H1612 9"Say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers, so that all its fresh sprouting leaves wither? It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it from its roots.H559H559H136H3069H6743H5423H8328H7082H6529H3001H3001H2964H6780H1419H2220H7227H5971H5375H8328 10Behold, it is planted; will it thrive? Will it not utterly wither when the east wind strikes it—wither away on the bed where it sprouted?"H8362H6743H3001H3001H6921H7307H5060H3001H6170H6780 11Then the word of the LORD came to me:H1697H3068H559 12"Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them, behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took her king and her princes and brought them to him to Babylon.H559H4805H1004H3045H559H4428H894H935H3389H3947H4428H8269H935H894 13And he took one of the royal offspring and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath (the chief men of the land he had taken away),H3947H4410H2233H3772H1285H935H423H3947H352H776 14that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and keep his covenant that it might stand.H4467H8217H5375H8104H1285H5975 15But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?H4775H7971H4397H4714H5414H5483H7227H5971H6743H4422H6213H6565H1285H4422 16"As I live, declares the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die.H2416H5002H136H3069H4725H4428H4427H423H959H1285H6565H8432H894H4191 17Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, when mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives.H6547H1419H2428H7227H6951H6213H4421H8210H5550H1129H1785H3772H7227H5315 18He despised the oath in breaking the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he shall not escape.H959H423H6565H1285H5414H3027H6213H4422 19Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head.H559H136H3069H2416H423H959H1285H6331H5414H7218 20I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there for the treachery he has committed against me.H6566H7568H8610H4686H935H894H8199H4603H4604 21And all the pick of his troops shall fall by the sword, and the survivors shall be scattered to every wind, and you shall know that I am the LORD; I have spoken."H4015H102H5307H2719H7604H6566H7307H3045H3068H1696 22Thus says the Lord GOD: "I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.H559H136H3069H3947H6788H7311H730H5414H6998H7218H3127H7390H8362H1364H2022H8524 23On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest.H2022H4791H3478H8362H5375H6057H6213H6529H117H730H7931H6833H3671H6738H1808H7931 24And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the LORD; I bring low the high tree, and make high the low tree, dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it."H6086H7704H3045H3068H8213H1364H6086H1361H8217H6086H3001H3892H6086H3002H6086H6524H3068H1696H6213