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Ezekiel 17

About Ezekiel Ezekiel, a prophet among the exiles, speaks of judgment, God's glory, and the renewal of his people.

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,SelectedEzekiel 17:1Ask

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;SelectedEzekiel 17:2Ask

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:SelectedEzekiel 17:3Ask

He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.SelectedEzekiel 17:4Ask

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.SelectedEzekiel 17:5Ask

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.SelectedEzekiel 17:6Ask

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.SelectedEzekiel 17:7Ask

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.SelectedEzekiel 17:8Ask

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.SelectedEzekiel 17:9Ask

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.SelectedEzekiel 17:10Ask

Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,SelectedEzekiel 17:11Ask

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;SelectedEzekiel 17:12Ask

And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:SelectedEzekiel 17:13Ask

That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.SelectedEzekiel 17:14Ask

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?SelectedEzekiel 17:15Ask

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.SelectedEzekiel 17:16Ask

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:SelectedEzekiel 17:17Ask

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.SelectedEzekiel 17:18Ask

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.SelectedEzekiel 17:19Ask

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.SelectedEzekiel 17:20Ask

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.SelectedEzekiel 17:21Ask

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:SelectedEzekiel 17:22Ask

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.SelectedEzekiel 17:23Ask

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.SelectedEzekiel 17:24Ask

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