Ezekiel 17

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and atook the highest branch of the cedar: 4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants. 5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in ba fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it cas a willow tree. 6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. 8 It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. 9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? dshall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. 10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? eshall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.

11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 12 Say now to fthe rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, gthe king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; 13 hAnd hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, iand hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land: 14 That the kingdom might be jbase, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. 15 But lhe rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, kthat they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

16 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in mthe place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 17 nNeither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, oby casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: 18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had pgiven his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. 20 And I will rspread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and qwill plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. 21 And sall his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.

22 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest tbranch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs ua tender one, and will vplant it upon an high mountain and eminent: 23 wIn the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. 24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it.

Ezekiel 18

 
Cross Ref
3 a 2 Kin 24:12
5 b Deu 8:7-9
 c Isa 15:7
9 d 2 Kin 25:7
10 e Jud 1:12
Joh 15:6
Mar 11:20
Mat 21:19
Hos 13:15
Eze 19:12
12 f Eze 2:5
 g 2 Kin 24:11-16
13 h 2 Kin 24:17
 i 2 Chr 36:13
14 j Eze 29:14
15 k Jer 37:5-7
Isa 31:1,3
Isa 30:1-4
Deu 17:16
 l Jer 52:3
2 Kin 24:20
16 m Jer 32:5
Eze 12:13
17 n Jer 37:7
Lam 4:17
Eze 29:6-7
 o Jer 52:4
18 p 1 Chr 29:24
20 q Eze 20:36
 r Eze 12:13
Lam 1:13
Ecc 9:12
2 Chr 33:11
Jos 10:16-18
21 s Eze 12:14
22 t Isa 11:1
Jer 23:5
 u Isa 53:2
 v Psa 2:6
23 w Isa 2:2-3
Mic 4:1