Ezekiel:17
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And the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
put forth a riddle ,
and speak a parable unto the house of Israel Yisra #
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And say ,
Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
A great eagle with great wings ,
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full of feathers ,
which had divers colours ,
came unto Lebanon ,
and took the highest branch of the cedar :
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He cropped off the top of his young twigs ,
and carried it into a land of traffick K @
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he set it in a city of merchants .
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He 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 .
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And 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 p @#
orah #.
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There 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 .
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It 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 .
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Say 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 .
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Yea ,
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 .
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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Say 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 ;
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And hath taken of the kings seed ,
and made a covenant with him ,
and hath taken an oath of him :
he hath also taken the mighty of the land :
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That the kingdom might be base ,
that it might not lift itself up ,
but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand .
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But 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 ?
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As 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 .
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Neither 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 :
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Seeing 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 .
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Therefore 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 ro #
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And 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 .
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And 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 .
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Thus 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 :
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In 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 .
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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 have done it .