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Ezekiel 17
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The Two Eagles and the Vine

17The word of the LORD came to me:H1697H3068H559 2O mortal, propound a riddle, and speak an allegory 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 the Lebanon. He took the top of the cedar,H559H559H136H3069H1419H5404H1419H3671H83H750H4392H5133H7553H935H3844H3947H6788H730 4broke off its topmost shoot; He carried it to a land of trade, set it in a city of merchants.H6998H7218H3242H935H776H3667H7760H5892H7402 5Then he took a seed from the land, placed it in fertile soil; A plant by abundant waters, he set it like a willow twig.H3947H2233H776H5414H2233H7704H3947H7227H4325H7760H6851 6It sprouted and became a vine spreading out, but low; Its branches turned toward him, its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine; it brought forth branches, put forth foliage.H6779H5628H1612H8217H6967H1808H6437H8328H1612H6213H905H7971H6288 7There was another great eagle, with great wings and much plumage. And see! This vine stretched out its roots toward him; It shot out its branches toward him, so that he might water it. From the bed where it was plantedH259H1419H5404H1419H3671H7227H5133H1612H3719H8328H7971H1808H8248H6170H4302 8it was transplanted to good soil by abundant waters, so that it might produce branches and bear fruit and become a noble vine.H8362H2896H7704H7227H4325H6213H6057H5375H6529H155H1612 9Say: Thus says the Lord GOD: Will it prosper? Will he not pull up its roots, cause its fruit to rot and wither, its fresh sprouting leaves to fade? No strong arm or mighty army will be needed to pull it from its roots.H559H559H136H3069H6743H5423H8328H7082H6529H3001H3001H2964H6780H1419H2220H7227H5971H5375H8328 10When it is transplanted, will it thrive? When the east wind strikes it, will it not utterly wither, wither on the bed where it grew?H8362H6743H3001H3001H6921H7307H5060H3001H6170H6780 11Then the word of the LORD came to me:H1697H3068H559 12Say now to the rebellious house: Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and its officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.H559H4805H1004H3045H559H4428H894H935H3389H3947H4428H8269H935H894 13He took one of the royal offspring and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath (he had taken away the chief men of the land),H3947H4410H2233H3772H1285H935H423H3947H352H776 14so that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and that by keeping his covenant it might stand.H4467H8217H5375H8104H1285H5975 15But he rebelled against him by sending ambassadors to Egypt, in order that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can one escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?H4775H7971H4397H4714H5414H5483H7227H5971H6743H4422H6213H6565H1285H4422 16As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king resides 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 ramps are cast up and siege-walls built to cut off many lives.H6547H1419H2428H7227H6951H6213H4421H8210H5550H1129H1785H3772H7227H5315 18Because he despised the oath and broke the covenant, because he gave his hand and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.H959H423H6565H1285H5414H3027H6213H4422 19Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: As I live, I will surely return upon his head my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke.H559H136H3069H2416H423H959H1285H6331H5414H7218 20I will spread my net over him, and he shall be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there for the treason he has committed against me.H6566H7568H8610H4686H935H894H8199H4603H4604 21All 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, the LORD, have spoken.H4015H102H5307H2719H7604H6566H7307H3045H3068H1696

Israel Exalted at Last

22Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of a cedar; I will set it out. I will break off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.H559H136H3069H3947H6788H7311H730H5414H6998H7218H3127H7390H8362H1364H2022H8524 23On the mountain height of Israel I will plant it, in order that it may produce boughs and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar. Under it every kind of bird will live; in the shade of its branches will nest winged creatures of every kind.H2022H4791H3478H8362H5375H6057H6213H6529H117H730H7931H6833H3671H6738H1808H7931 24All the trees of the field shall know that I am the LORD. I bring low the high tree, I make high the low tree; I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I the LORD have spoken; I will accomplish it.H6086H7704H3045H3068H8213H1364H6086H1361H8217H6086H3001H3892H6086H3002H6086H6524H3068H1696H6213


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