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Ezekiel 17:2-10

2Sonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofmanאָדָ֕ם'a.DamH120, putforthח֥וּדchudH2330ariddleחִידָ֖הchi.DahH2420, andspeakוּמְשֹׁ֣לu.me.SholH4911aparableמָשָׁ֑לma.ShalH4912to thehouseבֵּ֖יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478;

3Andsayוְאָמַרְתָּ֞ve.'a.mar.TaH559, Thussaithאָמַ֣ר׀'a.MarH559theLordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136GODיְהוִ֗הYah.wehH3069; Agreatהַגָּדוֹל֙ha.ga.dOlH1419eagleהַנֶּ֤שֶׁרha.Ne.sherH5404withgreatגְּד֤וֹלge.DolH1419wingsהַכְּנָפַ֙יִם֙ha.ke.na.Fa.yimH3671,longwingedאֶ֣רֶךְ הָאֵ֔בֶר'E.rekh ha.'E.verH83 H750,fullמָלֵא֙ma.Le'H4392offeathersהַנּוֹצָ֔הha.no.TzahH5133, which had manycoloursהָֽרִקְמָ֑הha.rik.MahH7553,cameבָּ֚אba'H935toLebanonהַלְּבָנ֔וֹןha.le.va.NonH3844, andtookוַיִּקַּ֖חvai.yi.KachH3947the highestbranchצַמֶּ֥רֶתtza.Me.retH6788of thecedarהָאָֽרֶז׃ha.'A.rezH730:

4He croppedoffקָטָ֑ףka.TafH6998thetopרֹ֥אשׁroshH7218of its youngtwigsיְנִֽיקוֹתָ֖יוye.ni.ko.TavH3242, andcarriedוַיְבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙vay.vi.'E.huH935it into alandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776oftradeכְּנַ֔עַןke.Na.'anH3667; hesetשָׂמֽוֹ׃sa.MoH7760it in acityבְּעִ֥ירbe.'IrH5892ofmerchantsרֹכְלִ֖יםro.khe.LimH7402.

5Hetookוַיִּקַּח֙vai.yi.KachH3947also of theseedמִזֶּ֣רַעmi.Ze.ra'H2233of thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, andplantedוַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּvai.yi.te.Ne.huH5414it in afruitfulזָ֑רַעZa.ra'H2233fieldבִּשְׂדֵה־bis.deh-H7704; heplacedקָ֚חkachH3947it bygreatרַבִּ֔יםra.BimH7227watersמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325, andsetשָׂמֽוֹ׃sa.MoH7760it as a willowtreeצַפְצָפָ֖הtzaf.tza.FahH6851.

6And itgrewוַיִּצְמַ֡חvai.yitz.MachH6779, and became aspreadingסֹרַ֜חַתso.Ra.chatH5628vineלְגֶ֨פֶןle.Ge.fenH1612oflowשִׁפְלַ֣תshif.LatH8217statureקוֹמָ֗הko.MahH6967, whosebranchesדָּלִיּוֹתָיו֙da.li.yo.TavH1808turnedלִפְנ֤וֹתlif.NotH6437toward him, and itsrootsוְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יוve.sha.ra.ShavH8328were under him: so it became avineלְגֶ֔פֶןle.Ge.fenH1612, and broughtforthוַתַּ֣עַשׂva.Ta.'asH6213branchesבַּדִּ֔יםba.DimH905, andshotוַתְּשַׁלַּ֖חva.te.sha.LachH7971forthsprigsפֹּארֽוֹת׃po.RotH6288.

7There was alsoanotherאֶחָד֙'e.ChadH259greatגָּד֔וֹלga.DolH1419eagleנֶֽשֶׁר־ne.sher-H5404withgreatגְּד֥וֹלge.DolH1419wingsכְּנָפַ֖יִםke.na.Fa.yimH3671andmanyוְרַב־ve.rav-H7227feathersנוֹצָ֑הno.TzahH5133: and, behold, thisvineהַגֶּ֨פֶןha.Ge.fenH1612didbendכָּֽפְנָ֧הka.fe.NahH3719herrootsשָׁרֳשֶׁ֣יהָsho.ro.Shei.haH8328toward him, and shotforthשִׁלְחָה־shil.chah-H7971herbranchesוְדָֽלִיּוֹתָיו֙ve.da.li.yo.TavH1808toward him, that he mightwaterלְהַשְׁק֣וֹתle.hash.KotH8248it by thefurrowsמֵעֲרֻג֖וֹתme.'a.ru.GotH6170of herplantationמַטָּעָֽהּ׃ma.ta.'AhH4302.

8It wasplantedשְׁתוּלָ֑הshe.tu.LahH8362in agoodטּ֛וֹבTovH2896soilשָׂ֥דֶהSa.dehH7704bygreatרַבִּ֖יםra.BimH7227watersמַ֥יִםMa.yimH4325, that it might bringforthלַעֲשׂ֤וֹתla.'a.SotH6213branchesעָנָף֙'a.NafH6057, and that it mightbearוְלָשֵׂ֣אתve.la.SetH5375fruitפֶּ֔רִיPe.riH6529, that it might be a wellfavouredאַדָּֽרֶת׃ ס'a.Da.retH155vineלְגֶ֥פֶןle.Ge.fenH1612.

9Sayאֱמֹ֗ר'e.MorH559thou, Thussaithאָמַ֛ר'a.MarH559theLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODיְהֹוִ֖הYah.wehH3069; Shall itprosperתִּצְלָ֑חtitz.LachH6743? shall he not pullupיְנַתֵּ֜קye.na.TekH5423itsrootsשָׁרָשֶׁ֨יהָsha.ra.Shei.haH8328, and cutoffיְקוֹסֵ֣סye.ko.SesH7082itsfruitפִּרְיָ֣הּ׀pir.YahH6529, that it maywitherוְיָבֵ֗שׁve.ya.VeshH3001? it shallwitherתִּיבָ֔שׁti.VashH3001in all theleavesH2964of herspringצִמְחָהּ֙tzim.ChahH6780, even withoutgreatגְּדוֹלָה֙ge.do.LahH1419powerבִזְרֹ֤עַviz.Ro.a'H2220ormanyרָ֔בRavH7227peopleוּבְעַם־u.ve.'am-H5971to pluck itupלְמַשְׂא֥וֹתle.mas.'otH5375by itsrootsמִשָּׁרָשֶֽׁיהָ׃mi.sha.ra.Shei.haH8328.

10Yea, behold, beingplantedשְׁתוּלָ֖הshe.tu.LahH8362, shall itprosperהֲתִצְלָ֑חha.titz.LachH6743? shall it notutterlyתִּיבַ֣שׁti.VashH3001witherיָבֹ֔שׁya.VoshH3001, when theeastהַקָּדִים֙ha.ka.DimH6921windר֤וּחַRu.achH7307touchethכְגַ֨עַתkhe.Ga.'atH5060it? it shallwitherתִּיבָֽשׁ׃ פti.VashH3001in thefurrowsעֲרֻגֹ֥ת'a.ru.GotH6170where itgrewצִמְחָ֖הּtzim.ChahH6780.

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