Eze 17 | ABEn | STEP | And [ 3 came 1 the word 2 of the lord ] to me, saying,

Ezekiel 17

CHAPTER 17 The Eagles and the Vine

1 And [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 2 O son of man, Describe a tale, and speak a parable to the house of Israel! 3 And you shall say, Thus says Adonai the lord; The [²eagle ¹great] having large wings, [²long ¹stretching out], full of claws, who has the leading to enter into Lebanon -- even he took the choice cedar. 4 The tips of the tender part he plucked off, and he brought them into the land of Canaan, [³into ⁴a city ⁵being walled ¹he put ²them]. 5 And he took from the seed of the land, and he put it into the ground fit for sowing as a plant by [²water ¹much]; [³for attention ¹he arranged ²it]. 6 And it arose and became a vine being weakened and small in greatness [⁴to be apparent ¹for its vine branches ²upon ³it]; and its roots [²underneath ³it ¹were]. And it became a vine, and produced layers of vines, and stretched out its tendrils. 7 And there was [³eagle ¹another ²great] having large wings, and many claws. And behold, her grapevine was being twisted unto him, and her roots unto him, and her vine branches she sent out to him, to water her with the casting away from her planting. 8 In [²ground ¹good] upon [²water ¹much] she was fattened to produce buds and to bear fruit, to be made into [²vine ¹a great]. 9 On account of this, say! Thus says Adonai the lord; Shall it prosper, no. Shall not the roots of her tenderness, and the fruits rot? Yes, [³shall be dried up ¹all ²her things shooting up early], and not by [²arm ¹a great], nor by [²people ¹many] to pull her out by her roots. 10 And behold, she was fattened; should she prosper? Shall she not in her being touched by [²wind ¹the burning] be dried up in dryness? With the casting of her east wind she shall be dried up. 11 And [³came ¹the word ²of the lord] to me, saying, 12 Say indeed to the [²house ¹rebelling], Do you not know what these are? You speak to them! Behold, [³comes ¹the king ²of Babylon] unto Jerusalem, and he shall take her king, and her rulers. And he shall lead them to himself unto Babylon. 13 And he shall take of the seed of the kingdom, and shall ordain with him a covenant, and shall bring him by an oath; and [²the ³governors ⁴of the ⁵land ¹he shall take], 14 to become a [²kingdom ¹weak], so that altogether it should not lift itself up; but to keep its covenant and to establish her. 15 And he shall revolt from him to send messengers unto Egypt, to give to him horses and [²people ¹many]. Shall he prosper, no. Shall [⁴be preserved ¹the one ²acting ³opposite], no. And [²one violating ³covenant ¹shall] be preserved, no. 16 As I live, says Adonai the lord, Surely in the place of the king, of the one giving him reign, who disgraced my oath, and violated my covenant, [²with ³him ⁴in ⁵the midst ⁶of Babylon ¹he shall come to an end]. 17 And not by [²power ¹great] nor by [²multitude ¹a great] shall [²make ⁴with ⁵him ¹Pharaoh ³war], in throwing up a palisade and with construction of a range of weapons to remove [²souls ¹many]. 18 And he disgraced the swearing of an oath violating the covenant; and behold, he appointed his hand, and all these things he did to him, he shall not escape. 19 On account of this say! Thus says Adonai the lord; As I live, surely swearing by my oath which he disgraced, and my covenant which he violated, that I will impute it on his head. 20 And I will spread forth upon him my net, and he shall be captured in his being encompassed about. And I will lead him into Babylon. And I shall litigate with him there concerning his iniquity of which he transgressed against me. 21 In all his exiles, in every battle array of his, [²by ³the broadsword ¹they shall fall], and the remaining [²unto ³every ⁴wind ¹I shall scatter]. And you shall realize that I the lord have spoken. 22 For thus says Adonai the lord; And I will take, even I of the chosen of the cedar, from its top; and I will give of the head of her shoots; [²of ³her heart ¹I will pluck off], and I will plant upon [²mountain ¹a high]. 23 And I will hang him on [²mountain ¹an elevated] of Israel; and I will plant it, and there shall be brought forth a bud, and he shall produce fruit, and he will be for [²cedar ¹a great]; and there shall rest underneath him every bird; and every winged creature [²under ³the ⁴shadow ⁵of his tender branches ¹shall rest]; and his vine branches shall be restored. 24 And [⁶shall know ¹all ²the ³trees ⁴of the ⁵plain] that I am the lord, the one humbling [²tree ¹the high], and raising up high [²tree ¹the low]; and drying [²tree ¹the green], and again flourishing [²tree ¹the dry]. I the lord, I have spoken and I shall act.