Read Ezekiel 17

World English Bible · 24 verses

1. ¹ Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² “Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers which had various colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. ⁵ “‘“He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fruitful soil. He placed it beside many waters. He set it as a willow tree.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ It grew and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him. So it became a vine, produced branches, and shot out sprigs.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ “‘“There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. Behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot out its branches toward him, from the ground where it was planted, that he might water it.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might produce branches and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a good vine.”’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ “Say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Will it prosper? Won’t he pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it may wither, that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? It can’t be raised from its roots by a strong arm or many people.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. ¹⁰ Yes, behold, being planted, will it prosper? Won’t it utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It will wither in the ground where it grew.”’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. ¹² “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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. ¹³ He took one of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. ¹⁴ that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. ¹⁶ “‘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 middle of Babylon he will die.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. ¹⁷ Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company won’t help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. ¹⁸ 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 won’t escape.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. ¹⁹ “Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘As I live, I will surely bring on his own head my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
20. ²⁰ I will spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
21. ²¹ All his fugitives in all his bands will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered toward every wind. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.’This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
22. ²² “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will also take some of the lofty top of the cedar, and will plant 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
23. ²³ I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
24. ²⁴ All the trees of the field will 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 flourish. “‘I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org