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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/ezekiel/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Ezekiel 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../ezekiel/16.htm" title="Ezekiel 16">◄</a> Ezekiel 17 <a href="../ezekiel/18.htm" title="Ezekiel 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/17-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Son of man, relate a tale, and speak a parable to the house of Israel: <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; A great eagle with large wings, spreading them out very far, with many claws, which has the design of entering into Libanus - and he took the choice <i>branches</i> of the cedar: <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>he cropped off the ends of the tender twigs, and brought them into the land of Chanaan; he laid them up in a walled city. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And he took of the seed of the land, and sowed it in a field planted by much water; he set it in a conspicuous place. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And it sprang up, and became a weak and little vine, so that the branches thereof appeared <i>upon</i> it, and its roots were under it: and it became a vine, and put forth shoots, and sent forth its tendrils.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And there was another great eagle, with great wings and many claws: and, behold, this vine bent itself round toward him, and her roots <i>were turned</i> towards him, and she sent forth her branches towards him, that <i>he</i> might water her together with the growth of her plantation. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>She thrives in a fair field by much water, to produce shoots and bear fruit, that she might become a great vine. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; Shall it prosper? shall not the roots of her tender stem and her fruit be blighted? yea, all her early shoots shall be dried up, and <i>that</i> not by a mighty arm, nor by many people, to tear her up from her roots. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And, behold, it thrives: shall it prosper? shall it not wither as soon as the east wind touches it? it shall be withered together with the growth of its shoots.<p> <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">The Parable Explained<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Moreover the word of the Lord came to me saying, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Son of man, say now to the provoking house, Know ye not what these things were? say <i>to them</i>, Whenever the king of Babylon shall come against Jerusalem, then he shall take her king and her princes, and shall take them home to Babylon. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And he shall take of the seed royal, and shall make a covenant with him, and shall bind him with an oath: and he shall take the princes of the land: <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>that it may become a weak kingdom, so as never to lift itself up, that he may keep his covenant, and establish it. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And <i>if</i> he shall revolt from him, to send his messengers into Egypt, that <i>they</i> may give him horses and much people; shall he prosper? shall he that acts as an adversary be preserved? and shall he that transgresses the covenant be preserved? <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><i>As</i> I live, saith the Lord, verily in <i>the</i> place where the king is that made him king, who dishonoured my oath, and who broke my covenant, shall he die with him in the midst of Babylon. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Pharaoh shall make war upon him not with a large force or great multitude, in throwing up a mound, and in building of forts, to cut off souls. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Whereas he has profaned the oath so as to break the covenant, when, behold, I engage his hand, and he has done all these things to him, he shall not escape. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; <i>As</i> I live, surely mine oath which he has profaned, and my covenant which he has transgressed, I will even recompense it upon his head. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And I will spread a net upon him, and he shall be caught in its snare. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>In every battle of his they shall fall by the sword, and I will scatter <i>his</i> remnant to every wind: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For thus saith the Lord; I will even take of the choice <i>branches</i> of the cedar from the top <i>thereof</i>, I will crop off their hearts, and I will plant it on a high mountain: <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and I will hang it on a lofty mountain of Israel: yea, I will plant it, and it shall put forth shoots, and shall bear fruit, and it shall be a great cedar: and every bird shall rest beneath it, even every fowl shall rest under its shadow: its branches shall be restored. <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 am the Lord that bring low the high tree, and exalt the low tree, and wither the green tree, and cause the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken, and will do <i>it</i>.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>