Ezekiel 17
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Ezekiel 17:3-7

31sayingH559, ‘ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH136 2GodH3068, “A greatH1419 3eagleH5404 with 4greatH1419 wingsH3671, longH750 pinionsH83 and a fullH4392 plumageH5133 of manyH7553 colorsH7553 cameH935 to 5LebanonH3844 and tookH3947 away the topH6788 of the cedarH730. 4He pluckedH6998 offH6998 the topmostH7218 of its youngH3242 twigsH3242 and broughtH935 it to a landH776 of merchantsH3667; he setH7760 it in a cityH5892 of tradersH7402. 5He also tookH3947 someH4480 of the seedH2233 of the landH776 and plantedH5414 it in 67fertileH2233 soilH7704. He 8placedH3947 it besideH5921 abundantH7227 watersH4325; he setH7760 it like a 9willowH6851. 6Then it sproutedH6779 and becameH1961 a lowH8217, spreadingH5628 vineH1612 with its branchesH1808 turnedH6437 towardH413 him, but its rootsH8328 remainedH1961 underH8478 it. So it becameH1961 a vineH1612 and yieldedH6213 shootsH909 and sentH7971 out branchesH6288.

7“But there was 10anotherH259 greatH1419 eagleH5404 with greatH1419 wingsH3671 and muchH7227 plumageH5133; and beholdH2009, thisH2088 vineH1612 bentH3719 its rootsH8328 towardH5921 him and sentH7971 out its branchesH1808 toward him from the bedsH6170 whereH4302 it was 11plantedH4302, that he might waterH8248 it.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezekiel 17:3 Lit and you shall say ↩
  2. 2. Ezekiel 17:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch ↩
  3. 3. Ezekiel 17:3 Jer 48:40; Ezek 17:12; Hos 8:1 ↩
  4. 4. Ezekiel 17:3 Dan 4:22 ↩
  5. 5. Ezekiel 17:3 Jer 22:23 ↩
  6. 6. Ezekiel 17:5 Lit a field of seed ↩
  7. 7. Ezekiel 17:5 Deut 8:7-9 ↩
  8. 8. Ezekiel 17:5 Lit took ↩
  9. 9. Ezekiel 17:5 Is 44:4 ↩
  10. 10. Ezekiel 17:7 So with several ancient versions; M.T. one ↩
  11. 11. Ezekiel 17:7 Ezek 31:4 ↩

Commentaries on Ezekiel 17

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