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shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or many people can it be raised from its roots. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the beds 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>Moreover the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Say now to the rebellious house, Don't you know what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, 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; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>that the kingdom might be base, 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 many people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does 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, says the Lord Yahweh, surely in the place where the king dwells who 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 help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it on his own head. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>All his fugitives in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward every wind: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will also take 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 on a high and lofty mountain: <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 goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shade of its branches shall they dwell. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>All the trees of the field shall know that I, Yahweh, 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, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. 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