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So it became a vine, and grew into branches, and shot forth sprigs. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And there was another large eagle, with great wings, and many feathers: and behold this vine, bending as it were her roots towards him, stretched forth her branches to him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>It was planted in a good ground upon many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and bear fruit, that it might become a large vine. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Say thou: Thus saith the Lord God: Shall it prosper then? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and strip off its fruit, and dry up all the branches it hath shot forth, and make it wither: and this without a strong arm, or many people, to pluck it up by the root? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Behold, it is planted: shall it prosper then? shall it not be dried up when the burning wind shall touch it, and shall it not wither in the furrows where it grew? </p> <p class="hdg">The Parable Explained</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Say to the provoking house: Know you not what these things mean? Tell them: Behold the king of Babylon cometh to Jerusalem: and he shall take away the king and the princes thereof, and carry them with him to Babylon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he shall take one of the king's seed, and make a covenant with him, and take an oath of him. Yea, and he shall take away the mighty men of the land, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>That it may be a low kingdom and not lift itself up, but keep his covenant, and observe it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But he hath revolted from him and sent ambassadors to Egypt, that it might give him horses, and much people. And shall he that hath done thus prosper, or be saved? and shall he escape that hath broken the covenant? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>As I live, saith the Lord God: In the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he hath made void, and whose covenant he broke, even in the midst of Babylon shall he die. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And not with a great army, nor with much people shall Pharao fight against him: when he shall cast up mounts, and build forts, to cut off many souls. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For he had despised the oath, breaking his covenant, and behold he hath given his hand: and having 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, I will lay upon his head the oath he hath despised, and the covenant he hath broken. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my net: and I will bring him into Babylon, and will judge him there for the transgression by which he hath despised me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword: and the residue shall be scattered into every wind: and you shall know that I the Lord have spoken. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Thus saith the Lord God: I myself will take of the marrow of the high cedar, and will set it: I will crop off a tender twig from the top of the branches thereof, and I will plant it on a mountain high and eminent. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>On the high mountains of Israel will I plant it, and it shall shoot forth into branches, and shall bear fruit, and it shall become a great cedar: and all birds shall dwell under it, and every fowl shall make its nest under the shadow of the branches thereof. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And all the trees of the country shall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, and exalted the low tree: and have dried up the green tree, and have caused the dry tree to flourish. 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