Ezekiel:17

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* And the Word of the LORD came to me , saying , * Son of man , put out a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel . * And say , So says the Lord Jehovah : A great eagle with great wings , long of pinion , full of feathers , who had different colors , came to Lebanon and took the highest branch of the cedar . * He plucked off the top of its young twigs and carried it into a land of traders . He set it in a city of merchants . * He also took 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 . * And it grew and became a spreading low vine , whose branches turned toward him . And its roots were under him . So it became a vine and brought out branches and shot out boughs . * There was also another great eagle [with ] great wings and many feathers . And behold , this vine bent its roots toward him and shot out its branches toward him , that he might water it , away from the beds of its planting . * It was planted in a good soil by great waters , that it might bring out branches , and that it might bear fruit , to be a splendid vine . * Say , So says the Lord Jehovah : Shall it prosper ? Shall he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit , and wither it ? All the leaves of its sprouting shall wither , and not with great arm , nor by many people [shall any ] raise it by its roots . * And behold , [being ] planted , shall it prosper ? Shall it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it ? It shall wither in the beds [where ] it sprouted . * And the Word of the LORD came to me , saying , * Say now to the rebellious house : Do you not know what these [things mean ]? Tell them , Behold , the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem and has taken its king and its rulers , and brings them to himself to Babylon . * And he has taken of the king 's seed and has made a covenant with him , and has taken an oath from him . He has also taken the mighty of the land , * so that the kingdom might be low , that it might not lift itself up , [but ] that by keeping his covenant it might stand . * But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt , to give him horses and many people . Shall he be blessed ? Shall he who does such [things ] escape ? Or shall he break the covenant and be delivered ? * [As ] I live , says the Lord Jehovah , surely in the place of the king who made him king , whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke , even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die . * Nor shall Pharaoh with [his ] mighty army and great company work for him in the war , by pouring out siege mounds and building forts , to cut off many persons . * And he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant . And , behold , he had given his hand , and has done all these , he shall not escape . * Therefore so says the Lord Jehovah : [As ] I live , surely My oath that he has despised , and My covenant that he has broken , I will even repay it on his own head . * And I will spread My net on him , and he shall be taken in My snare , and I will bring him to Babylon , and I will judge him there with his sin which he has sinned against Me . * And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword , and those who remain shall be scattered toward all winds . And you shall know that I the LORD have spoken . * So says the Lord Jehovah : I , [even ] I , will also take of the top of the highest cedar and will set [it ]; I will crop off from the first of its young twigs a tender one , and will plant it on a high and lofty mountain . * In a mountain , in a high place of Israel , I will plant it . And it shall bear boughs , and bear fruit , and be a majestic cedar . And under it shall dwell every bird of every wing ; in the shadow of its branches they shall dwell . * And 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 acted .

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