ULT EZE Chapter 17

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17 Then the word of Yahweh was to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, propose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel. 3 And you shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:

The great eagle, great of wings,

long of the feather, full of plumage,

which, belonged to him the embroidery,

came to Lebanon, and he took the top of the cedar.

4 The head of its shoots he plucked,

and he brought it to the land of Canaan;

in a city of traders he put it.

5 And he took from the seed of the land,

and he put it in a field of seed,

a meadow along many waters;

as a willow he put it.

6 And it sprouted,

and it became a spreading vine, low of height,

by turning its branches toward him,

and its roots were under it.

And it became as a vine, and it made poles,

and it sent out boughs.

7 And there was one great eagle,

great of wings and abundant of plumage.

And look! This vine bent its roots toward him,

and it sent out its branches toward him

to water it from the beds of its planting.

8 To a good field,

to many waters,

it was planted,

to make branches and to bear fruit,

to become a vine of magnificence.’

9 Say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:

Will it prosper?

Will he not tear up its roots

and will he not strip off its fruit,

and it will wither?

All the leaves of its sprouting will wither.

(And not with a great arm

or with many people, will be to lift it from its roots.)

10 And look!

Planted, will it prosper?

Will it not wither when the wind of the east strikes it?

Withering, it will wither on the beds of its sprouting.’ ”

11 Then the word of Yahweh was to me, saying, 12 “Say now to the house of rebellion, ‘Do you not know what these are?’ Say, ‘Look! The king of Babylon came, to Jerusalem, and he took her king and her princes, and he brought them to him, to Babylon. 13 And he took some of the seed of the kingdom, and he cut a covenant with him, and he caused him to enter into an oath. And the rams of the land he took 14 to become a lowly kingdom, without lifting itself up, to keep his covenant for her to stand. 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers, to Egypt, to give to him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? And he broke a covenant, but will he escape?

16 The life of me—the declaration of the Lord Yahweh—if not in the place of the king who made him king, who he despised his oath and who he broke his covenant, with him in the midst of Babylon, he will die. 17 And not with a large army and with a great assembly, Pharaoh will act for him in the war, when a mound is poured out, and a siege wall is built, to cut off many lives. 18 And he forsook an oath by breaking a covenant, and look! He gave his hand, but he did all these things. He will not escape!

19 Therefore, thus says the Lord Yahweh: The life of me, if not my oath that he forsook and my covenant that he broke—I will bring it on his head. 20 And I will spread over him my net, and he will be caught in my snare. And I will cause him to come to Babylon, and I will judge him there, for his violation that he violated against me. 21 And all his refugees among all his troops will fall by the sword, and the ones remaining to every wind will be scattered. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken.’

22 Thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘And I will take, I, from the top of the high cedar, and I will place it; from the head of its shoots, I will pluck off a tender one, and I will plant it, I, on a high and tall mountain. 23 On the mountain of the height of Israel, I will plant it, and it will carry a branch, and it will make fruit, and it will become a mighty cedar. And under it will dwell every bird; every wing, in the shade of its branches, they will dwell. 24 And all the trees of the field will know that I am Yahweh. I have brought low the high tree; I have raised high the low tree; I have withered the fresh tree, and I have made the dry tree sprout. I, Yahweh, have spoken, and I have acted.’ ”

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