| 1 | The word of Yahweh came to me, saying, |
| 2 | Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel; |
| 3 | and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar: | Ezk 17:7 Ezk 17:12-21 Dt 28:49 Jer 4:13 Jer 48:40 Jer 49:16 Lam 4:19 Hos 8:1 Mt 24:28 |
| 4 | he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs of it, and carried it to a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants. | Isa 43:14 Isa 47:15 Jer 51:13 Rev 18:3 Rev 18:11-19 |
| 5 | He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside many waters; he set it as a willow-tree. | Ezk 17:13 2Ki 24:17 Jer 37:1 |
| 6 | It grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots of it were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. | Ezk 17:14 Pr 16:18 Pr 16:19 |
| 7 | There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it. | Ezk 17:15 2Ki 24:20 2Ch 26:13 Jer 37:5-7 |
| 8 | It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. | Ezk 17:5 Ezk 17:6 |
| 9 | Say you, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots of it, and cut off the fruit of it, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots of it. | Ezk 17:10 Ezk 17:15-17 Nm 14:41 2Ch 13:12 2Ch 20:20 Isa 8:9 Isa 8:10 Isa 30:1-7 Isa 31:1-3 Jer 32:5 |
| 10 | Yes, 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 grew. | Ezk 19:12-14 Hos 12:1 Hos 13:15 Mt 21:19 Mk 11:20 Jn 15:6 Jud 1:12 |
| 11 | Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, |
| 12 | Say now to the rebellious house, Don`t you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king of it, and the princes of it, and brought them to him to Babylon: | Ezk 2:5 Ezk 2:8 Ezk 3:9 Ezk 12:9 Isa 1:2 |
| 13 | and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land; | Ezk 17:5 2Ki 24:17 Jer 37:1 |
| 14 | that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand. | Ezk 17:6 Ezk 29:14 Dt 28:43 1Sa 2:7 1Sa 2:30 Ne 9:36 Ne 9:37 Lam 5:10 Mt 22:17-21 |
| 15 | 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 who does such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape? | Ezk 17:7 2Ki 24:20 2Ch 36:13 Jer 52:3 |
| 16 | As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. | Ezk 17:18 Ezk 17:19 Ezk 16:59 Ex 20:7 Nm 30:2 Jsh 9:20 2Sa 21:2 Ps 15:4 Ex 8:2 Hos 10:4 Zc 5:3 Zc 5:4 Mal 3:5 Ro 1:31 1Ti 1:10 2Ti 3:3 |
| 17 | Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons. | Ezk 29:6 Ezk 29:7 Isa 36:6 Jer 37:7 Lam 4:17 |
| 18 | For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape. | 1Ch 29:24 2Ch 30:8 Lam 5:6 |
| 19 | Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it on his own head. | Ezk 21:23-27 Dt 5:11 Jer 5:2 Jer 5:9 Jer 7:9-15 |
| 20 | I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me. | Ezk 12:13 Ezk 32:3 Jsh 10:16-18 2Sa 18:9 2Ch 33:11 Jb 10:16 Ec 9:12 Jer 39:5-7 Lam 1:13 Lam 4:20 Hos 7:12 Lk 21:35 |
| 21 | All his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it. | Ezk 5:12 Ezk 12:14 2Ki 25:5 2Ki 25:11 Jer 48:44 Jer 52:8 Am 9:1 Am 9:9 Am 9:10 |
| 22 | Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain: | Ezk 34:29 Ps 80:15 Isa 4:2 Isa 11:1-5 Jer 23:5 Jer 23:6 Jer 33:15 Jer 33:16 Zc 3:8 Zc 4:12-14 Zc 6:12 Zc 6:13 |
| 23 | 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 birds of every wing; in the shade of the branches of it shall they dwell. | Ps 92:12 Ps 92:13 Isa 27:6 Jn 12:24 Jn 15:5-8 |
| 24 | All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, 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, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it. | Ps 96:11 Ps 96:12 Isa 55:12 Isa 55:13 |
