Ezekiel:17

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ylt @Ezekiel:17:1 @And there is a word of Jehovah unto me , saying , ylt @Ezekiel:17:2 @'Son of man , put forth a riddle , and use a simile unto the house of Israel , ylt @Ezekiel:17:3 @and thou hast said : Thus said the Lord Jehovah : The great eagle , great-winged , long-pinioned , Full of feathers , that hath diverse colours , Hath come in unto Lebanon , And it taketh the foliage of the cedar , ylt @Ezekiel:17:4 @The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped , And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan . In a city of merchants it hath placed it . ylt @Ezekiel:17:5 @And it taketh of the seed of the land , And doth put it in a field of seed , To take by many waters , In a conspicuous place it hath set it . ylt @Ezekiel:17:6 @And it springeth up , and becometh a spreading vine , humble of stature , To turn its thin shoots toward itself , And its roots are under it , And it becometh a vine , and maketh boughs , And sendeth forth beauteous branches . ylt @Ezekiel:17:7 @And there is another great eagle , Great-winged , and abounding with feathers , And lo , this vine hath bent its roots toward him , And its thin shoots it hath sent out toward him , To water it from the furrows of its planting , ylt @Ezekiel:17:8 @On a good field , by many waters , it is planted , To make branches , and to bear fruit , To be for an goodly vine . ylt @Ezekiel:17:9 @Say : Thus said the Lord Jehovah : It prospereth -- its roots doth he not draw out , And its fruit cut off , and it is withered ? [In ] all the leaves of its springing it withereth , And not by great strength , and by a numerous people , To lift it up by its roots . ylt @Ezekiel:17:10 @And lo , the planted thing -- doth it prosper ? When come against it doth the east wind , Doth it not utterly wither ? On the furrows of its springing it withereth .' ylt @Ezekiel:17:11 @And there is a word of Jehovah unto me , saying : ylt @Ezekiel:17:12 @'Say , I pray thee , to the rebellious house , Have ye not known what these [are ]? Say , Lo , come hath the king of Babylon to Jerusalem , And he taketh its king , and its princes , And bringeth them to himself to Babylon . ylt @Ezekiel:17:13 @And he taketh of the seed of the kingdom , And maketh with him a covenant , And bringeth him in to an oath , And the mighty of the land he hath taken , ylt @Ezekiel:17:14 @That the kingdom may be humble , That it may not lift itself up , To keep his covenant -- that it may stand . ylt @Ezekiel:17:15 @And he rebelleth against him , To send his messengers to Egypt , To give to him horses , and much people , Doth he prosper ? doth he escape who is doing these things ? And hath he broken covenant and escaped ? ylt @Ezekiel:17:16 @I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah , Doth he not -- in the place of the king who is causing him to reign , Whose oath he hath despised , And whose covenant he hath broken , With him -- in the midst of Babylon -- die ? ylt @Ezekiel:17:17 @And not with a great force , and with a numerous assembly , Doth Pharaoh maintain him in battle , By pouring out a mount , and in building a fortification , To cut off many souls . ylt @Ezekiel:17:18 @And he despised the oath -- to break covenant , And lo , he hath given his hand , And all these he hath done , he escapeth not . ylt @Ezekiel:17:19 @Therefore , thus said the Lord Jehovah : I live -- Mine oath that he hath despised , And My covenant that he hath broken , Have I not put it on his head ? ylt @Ezekiel:17:20 @And I have spread out for him My snare , And he hath been caught in My net , And I have brought him in to Babylon , And pleaded with him there his trespass , That he hath trespassed against Me . ylt @Ezekiel:17:21 @And all his fugitives , with all his bands , By sword do fall , and those remaining , To every wind they are spread out , And ye have known that I , Jehovah , have spoken . ylt @Ezekiel:17:22 @Thus said the Lord Jehovah : I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar , And I have set [it ], From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop , And I -- I have planted [it ] on a mountain high and lofty . ylt @Ezekiel:17:23 @In a mountain -- the high place of Israel , I plant it , And it hath borne boughs , and yielded fruit , And become a goodly cedar , And dwelt under it have all birds of every wing , In the shade of its thin shoots they dwell . ylt @Ezekiel:17:24 @And known have all trees of the field That I , Jehovah , have made low the high tree , I have set on high the low tree , I have dried up the moist tree , And I have caused the dry tree to flourish , I , Jehovah , have spoken , and have done [it ]!'

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