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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 17 JPS Tanakh 1917</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/jps/ezekiel/17.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/ezekiel/17.htm" 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great wings</div><div class="po2">And long pinions,</div><div class="po2">Full of feathers, which had divers colours,</div><div class="po2">Came unto Lebanon,</div><div class="po2">And took the top of the cedar;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof,</div><div class="po2">And carried it into a land of traffic;</div><div class="po2">He set it in a city of merchants.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He took also of the seed of the land,</div><div class="po2">And planted it in a fruitful soil;</div><div class="po2">He placed it beside many waters,</div><div class="po2">He set it as a slip.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And it grew, and became a spreading vine</div><div class="po2">Of low stature,</div><div class="po2">Whose tendrils might turn toward him,</div><div class="po2">And the roots thereof be under him;</div><div class="po2">So it became a vine, and brought forth branches,</div><div class="po2">And shot forth sprigs.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>There was also another great eagle with great wings And many feathers;</div><div class="po2">And, behold, this vine did bend</div><div class="po2">Its roots toward him,</div><div class="po2">And shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation,</div><div class="po2">That he might water it.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>It was planted in a good soil</div><div class="po2">By many waters,</div><div class="po2">That it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit,</div><div class="po2">That it might be a stately vine.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Say thou: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Shall it prosper?</div><div class="po2">Shall he not pull up the roots thereof,</div><div class="po2">And cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither,</div><div class="po2">Yea, wither in all its sprouting leaves?</div><div class="po2">Neither shall great power or much people be at hand</div><div class="po2">When it is plucked up by the roots thereof.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper?</div><div class="po2">Shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it?</div><div class="po2">In the beds where it grew it shall wither.’</div> <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>‘Say now to the rebellious house: Know ye not what these things mean? tell them: Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and brought them to him to Babylon; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and the mighty of the land he took away; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>that his might be a lowly kingdom, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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 broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company succour him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many souls; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>seeing he hath despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: As I live, surely Mine oath that he hath despised, and My covenant that he hath broken, I will even bring it upon his own head. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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 treachery that he hath committed against Me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And all his mighty men in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind; and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Thus saith the Lord GOD: Moreover I will take, even I, 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 upon a high mountain and eminent; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a stately cedar; and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing, in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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.’</div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezekiel/16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezekiel/18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/ezekiel/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>