Ezekiel 17:2-18

2SonH1121 of manH120, put forth a riddleH2420, and speak a parableH4912 unto the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478; 3and sayH559, ThusH3541 saith the LordH136 Jehovah: A greatH1419 eagleH5404 with greatH1419 wingsH3671 and longH750 pinions, fullH4392 of feathers, which had divers colors, cameH935 unto LebanonH3844, and tookH3947 the top of the cedarH730: 4he cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it unto a landH776 of traffic; he setH7760 it in a cityH5892 of merchants. 5He tookH3947 also of the seedH2233 of the landH776, and planted it in a fruitful soil; he placed it beside manyH7227 watersH4325; he setH7760 it as a willow-tree. 6And it grew, and becameH1961 a spreading vineH1612 of lowH8217 statureH6967, whose branchesH1808 turnedH6437 toward him, and the rootsH8328 thereof wereH1961 under him: so it becameH1961 a vineH1612, and brought forthH7971 branchesH1808, and shot forthH7971 sprigs.

7There wasH1961 also another greatH1419 eagleH5404 with greatH1419 wingsH3671 and manyH7227 feathers: and, behold, this vineH1612 did bend its rootsH8328 toward him, and shot forthH7971 its branchesH1808 toward him, from the bedsH6170 of its plantation, that he might waterH8248 it. 8It wasH1961 plantedH8362 in a goodH2896 soil by manyH7227 watersH4325, that it might bring forth branchesH6057, and that it might bearH5375 fruitH6529, that it might beH1961 a goodly vineH1612. 9SayH559 thou, ThusH3541 saith the LordH136 Jehovah: Shall it prosperH6743? shall he not pullH5423 up the rootsH8328 thereof, and cut off the fruitH6529 thereof, that it may witherH3001; that all its fresh springing leaves may witherH3001? and not by a strong armH2220 or muchH7227 peopleH5971 can it be raised from the rootsH8328 thereof. 10Yea, behold, being plantedH8362, shall it prosperH6743? shall it not utterly witherH3001, when the eastH6921 windH7307 toucheth it? it shall witherH3001 in the bedsH6170 where it grew.

11Moreover the wordH1697 of Jehovah came unto me, sayingH559, 12SayH559 now to the rebelliousH4805 houseH1004, KnowH3045 ye not what these thingsH428 mean? tell them, Behold, the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 cameH935 to JerusalemH3389, and tookH3947 the kingH4428 thereof, and the princesH8269 thereof, and broughtH935 them to him to BabylonH894. 13And he tookH3947 of the seedH2233 royal, and madeH3772 a covenantH1285 with him; he also broughtH935 him under an oathH423, and tookH3947 awayH3947 the mighty of the landH776; 14that the kingdomH4467 might beH1961 base, that it might not liftH5375 itself up, but that by keepingH8104 his covenantH1285 it might standH5975. 15But he rebelledH4775 against him in sendingH7971 his ambassadors into EgyptH4714, that they might giveH5414 him horsesH5483 and muchH7227 peopleH5971. Shall he prosperH6743? shall he escapeH4422 that doeth such thingsH428? shall he breakH6565 the covenantH1285, and yet escapeH4422? 16As I live, saith the LordH136 Jehovah, surely in the placeH4725 whereH834 the kingH4428 dwelleth that made him kingH4428, whose oathH423 he despisedH959, and whose covenantH1285 he brake, even with him in the midstH8432 of BabylonH894 he shall dieH4191. 17Neither shall PharaohH6547 with his mighty armyH2428 and greatH1419 companyH6951 help him in the warH4421, when they cast up mounds and buildH1129 forts, to cutH3772 off manyH7227 personsH5315. 18For he hath despisedH959 the oathH423 by breaking the covenantH1285; and behold, he had givenH5414 his handH3027, and yet hath done all these thingsH428; he shall not escapeH4422.