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    Ezekiel 17

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    A vine planted beside abundant waters stretches its roots and branches toward a second eagle, hoping that the bird will water it. It is a remarkably elaborate arrangement for a plant, and the riddle soon reveals that treaties can be just as dependent as roots.

    The eagle, the cedar, and the thirsty vinevv. 1–10

    The LORD gives Ezekiel a riddle for Israel: a splendid eagle strips the top of a cedar in Lebanon and carries it to the land of merchants, planting it in a city of traders. Another portion of seed is set in fertile soil by abundant waters, where it becomes a low, spreading vine. Yet this vine turns itself toward another eagle, stretching out its branches as though an eagle might serve as a gardener. The verdict is brisk: the vine will be uprooted, its fruit stripped, and its leaves withered by the east wind.

    The riddle names its kingsvv. 11–21

    The symbols are then unpacked. The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried away its king and officials, and made a covenant with a member of the royal family, leaving the kingdom low and dependent upon that oath. But the installed king sent envoys to Egypt for horses and a large army. The oath is despised, the covenant broken, and the promised escape proves to be absent: he will die in Babylon, while Pharaoh's army will not save him. The LORD spreads a net, catches him, and brings him to Babylon for judgment; his troops fall or scatter.

    A new shoot from the cedarvv. 22–24

    Then the LORD takes up the cedar once more, but this time the planting is His own. A tender shoot is set on a high mountain in Israel, where it becomes a majestic cedar, hospitable to birds of every kind. The closing image gives the trees of the field an extraordinary piece of news to absorb: the tall tree can be brought low, the low tree raised, the green tree dried up, and the withered tree made to flourish.

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    1. Ezek 17:1Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2. Ezek 17:2“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel

    3. Ezek 17:3and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

    4. Ezek 17:4He plucked off its topmost shoot, carried it to the land of merchants, and planted it in a city of traders.

    5. Ezek 17:5He took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil; he placed it by abundant waters and set it out like a willow.

    6. Ezek 17:6It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in height, with branches turned toward him; yet its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and yielded branches and sent out shoots.

    7. Ezek 17:7But there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. And behold, this vine bent its roots toward him. It stretched out its branches to him from its planting bed, so that he might water it.

    8. Ezek 17:8It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’

    9. Ezek 17:9So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.

    10. Ezek 17:10Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”

    11. Ezek 17:11Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    12. Ezek 17:12“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.

    13. Ezek 17:13He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land,

    14. Ezek 17:14so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.

    15. Ezek 17:15But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’

    16. Ezek 17:16‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.

    17. Ezek 17:17Pharaoh with his mighty army and vast horde will not help him in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives.

    18. Ezek 17:18He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Seeing that he gave his hand in pledge yet did all these things, he will not escape!’

    19. Ezek 17:19Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, I will bring down upon his head My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.

    20. Ezek 17:20I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.

    21. Ezek 17:21All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’

    22. Ezek 17:22This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

    23. Ezek 17:23I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

    24. Ezek 17:24Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”

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    • 24Amos 9:11“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
    • 241 Corinthians 1:27–28But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
    • 23Matthew 13:32Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
    • 10Hosea 13:15Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
    • 23Ezekiel 31:6All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.
    • 2Ezekiel 20:49Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
    • 5Isaiah 44:4They will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.
    • 5Deuteronomy 8:7–9For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
    • 132 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
    • 16Ezekiel 12:13But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
    • 17Jeremiah 37:7“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.
    • 23Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
    • 3Jeremiah 48:40For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
    • 3Hosea 8:1Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.
    • 6Ezekiel 17:14so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.
    • 9Ezekiel 17:10Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’”

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