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Ezekiel 17

Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine

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Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,

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"Son of man, propound a riddle and speak a  aparable to the house of Israel,

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 1saying, `Thus says the Lord  2GOD, "A great  aeagle with  bgreat wings, long pinions and a full plumage of many colors came to  cLebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

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"He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders.

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"He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in  1 afertile soil. He  2placed it beside abundant waters; he set it like a  bwillow.

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"Then it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine with its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and yielded shoots and sent out branches.

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"But there was  1another great eagle with great wings and much plumage; and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and sent out its branches toward him from the beds where it was  aplanted, that he might water it.

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"It was planted in good  1soil beside abundant waters, that it might yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine."'

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"Say, `Thus says the Lord GOD, "Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers--so that all its sprouting leaves wither? And neither by great  1strength nor by many people can it be raised from its roots again.

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"Behold, though it is planted, will it thrive? Will it not  acompletely wither as soon as the east wind strikes it--wither on the beds where it grew?""'

Zedekiah's Rebellion

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Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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"Say now to the  arebellious house, `Do you not  bknow what these things mean?' Say, `Behold, the  cking of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon.

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`He took one of the royal  1 afamily and made a covenant with him,  2putting him under  boath. He also took away the  cmighty of the land,

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that the kingdom might  abe  1in subjection, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant that it might continue.

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`But he  arebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt that they might give him horses and many  1troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things  bescape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape?

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`As I live,' declares the Lord GOD, `Surely in the  1country of the king who  2put him on the throne, whose oath he  adespised and whose covenant he broke,  3 bin Babylon he shall die.

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aPharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not  1help him in the war, when they cast up ramps and build siege walls to cut off many lives.

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`Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he  1 apledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.' "

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Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "As I live, surely My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will  1inflict on his head.

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"I will spread My  anet over him, and he will be  bcaught in My snare. Then I will bring him to Babylon and  center into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me.

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"All the  1 achoice men in all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken."

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Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will pluck from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one and I will plant it on a  ahigh and lofty mountain.

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"On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, that it may bring forth boughs and bear fruit and become a stately  acedar. And birds of every  1kind will  2nest under it; they will  2nest in the shade of its branches.

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"All the  atrees of the field will know that I am the LORD; I bring down the high tree, exalt the low tree, dry up the green tree and make the dry tree  bflourish. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will perform it."



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