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World English Bible

Ezekiel 17 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
[2] “Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
[3] and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers which had various colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.
[4] He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants.
[5] “‘“He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fruitful soil. He placed it beside many waters. He set it as a willow tree.
[6] It grew and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him. So it became a vine, produced branches, and shot out sprigs.
[7] “‘“There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. Behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot out its branches toward him, from the ground where it was planted, that he might water it.
[8] It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might produce branches and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a good vine.”’
[9] “Say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Will it prosper? Won’t he pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it may wither, that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? It can’t be raised from its roots by a strong arm or many people.
[10] Yes, behold, being planted, will it prosper? Won’t it utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It will wither in the ground where it grew.”’”
[11] Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
[12] “Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon.
[13] He took one of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,
[14] that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
[15] But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?
[16] “‘As I live,’ says the Lord Yahweh, ‘surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die.
[17] Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company won’t help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.
[18] For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things. He won’t escape.
[19] “Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘As I live, I will surely bring on his own head my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken.
[20] I will spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
[21] All his fugitives in all his bands will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered toward every wind. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it.’
[22] “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘I will also take some of the lofty top of the cedar, and will plant it. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.
[23] I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches.
[24] All the trees of the field will know that I, Yahweh, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish. “‘I, Yahweh, have spoken and have done it.’”

Ezekiel 17:13 or, seed

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Ezekiel 17 (KJVS)

[1] 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 took 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 a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as 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? shall 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? shall 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 the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the 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] and hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
[14] that the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
[15] But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that 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 the 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] Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by 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 given 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 spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
[21] And all 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 branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
[23] in 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 17:3 Heb. embroidering
Ezekiel 17:5 Heb. put it in a field of seed
Ezekiel 17:8 Heb. field
Ezekiel 17:13 Heb. brought him to an oath
Ezekiel 17:14 Heb. to keep his covenant to stand to it

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Ezekiel 17 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () πρός () με () λέγων ()
[2] Υἱὲ () ἀνθρώπου, () διήγησαι () διήγημα καὶ () εἰπὸν () παραβολὴν () πρὸς () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () Ισραηλ ()
[3] καὶ () ἐρεῖς () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Ὁ () ἀετὸς () ὁ () μέγας () ὁ () μεγαλοπτέρυγος ὁ () μακρὸς () τῇ () ἐκτάσει πλήρης () ὀνύχων, ὃς () ἔχει () τὸ () ἥγημα εἰσελθεῖν () εἰς () τὸν () Λίβανον καὶ () ἔλαβε () τὰ () ἐπίλεκτα τῆς () κέδρου,
[4] τὰ () ἄκρα τῆς () ἁπαλότητος ἀπέκνισεν καὶ () ἤνεγκεν () αὐτὰ () εἰς () γῆν () Χανααν, () εἰς () πόλιν () τετειχισμένην ἔθετο () αὐτά. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () σπέρματος () τῆς () γῆς () καὶ () ἔδωκεν () αὐτὸ () εἰς () τὸ () πεδίον φυτὸν ἐφ’ () ὕδατι () πολλῷ, () ἐπιβλεπόμενον () ἔταξεν () αὐτό. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἀνέτειλεν () καὶ () ἐγένετο () εἰς () ἄμπελον () ἀσθενοῦσαν () καὶ () μικρὰν () τῷ () μεγέθει () τοῦ () ἐπιφαίνεσθαι () αὐτήν· () τὰ () κλήματα () αὐτῆς () ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () καὶ () αἱ () ῥίζαι () αὐτῆς () ὑποκάτω () αὐτῆς () ἦσαν. () Καὶ () ἐγένετο () εἰς () ἄμπελον () καὶ () ἐποίησεν () ἀπώρυγας καὶ () ἐξέτεινεν () τὴν () ἀναδενδράδα αὐτῆς. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ἀετὸς () ἕτερος () μέγας () μεγαλοπτέρυγος πολὺς () ὄνυξιν, καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἡ () ἄμπελος () αὕτη () περιπεπλεγμένη πρὸς () αὐτόν, () καὶ () αἱ () ῥίζαι () αὐτῆς () πρὸς () αὐτόν, () καὶ () τὰ () κλήματα () αὐτῆς () ἐξαπέστειλεν () αὐτῷ () τοῦ () ποτίσαι () αὐτὴν () σὺν () τῷ () βώλῳ τῆς () φυτείας () αὐτῆς. ()
[8] Εἰς () πεδίον καλὸν () ἐφ’ () ὕδατι () πολλῷ () αὕτη () πιαίνεται τοῦ () ποιεῖν () βλαστοὺς καὶ () φέρειν () καρπὸν () τοῦ () εἶναι () εἰς () ἄμπελον () μεγάλην. ()
[9] Διὰ () τοῦτο () εἰπόν () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Εἰ () κατευθυνεῖ; () Οὐχὶ () αἱ () ῥίζαι () τῆς () ἁπαλότητος αὐτῆς () καὶ () ὁ () καρπὸς () σαπήσεται, () καὶ () ξηρανθήσεται () πάντα () τὰ () προανατέλλοντα αὐτῆς; () Καὶ () οὐκ () ἐν () βραχίονι () μεγάλῳ () οὐδ’ () ἐν () λαῷ () πολλῷ () τοῦ () ἐκσπάσαι αὐτὴν () ἐκ () ῥιζῶν () αὐτῆς. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἰδοὺ () πιαίνεται· μὴ () κατευθυνεῖ; () Οὐχ () ἅμα () τῷ () ἅψασθαι () αὐτῆς () ἄνεμον () τὸν () καύσωνα () ξηρανθήσεται () ξηρασίᾳ; Σὺν () τῷ () βώλῳ ἀνατολῆς () αὐτῆς () ξηρανθήσεται. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () πρός () με () λέγων ()
[12] Υἱὲ () ἀνθρώπου, () εἰπὸν () δὴ () πρὸς () τὸν () οἶκον () τὸν () παραπικραίνοντα () Οὐκ () ἐπίστασθε () τί () ἦν () ταῦτα; () Εἰπόν () Ὅταν () ἔλθῃ () βασιλεὺς () Βαβυλῶνος () ἐπὶ () Ιερουσαλημ, () καὶ () λήμψεται () τὸν () βασιλέα () αὐτῆς () καὶ () τοὺς () ἄρχοντας () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ἄξει () αὐτοὺς () πρὸς () ἑαυτὸν () εἰς () Βαβυλῶνα. ()
[13] Καὶ () λήμψεται () ἐκ () τοῦ () σπέρματος () τῆς () βασιλείας () καὶ () διαθήσεται () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () διαθήκην () καὶ () εἰσάξει () αὐτὸν () ἐν () ἀρᾷ· () καὶ () τοὺς () ἡγουμένους () τῆς () γῆς () λήμψεται ()
[14] τοῦ () γενέσθαι () εἰς () βασιλείαν () ἀσθενῆ () τὸ () καθόλου () μὴ () ἐπαίρεσθαι () τοῦ () φυλάσσειν () τὴν () διαθήκην () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἱστάνειν () αὐτήν. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἀποστήσεται () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ () τοῦ () ἐξαποστέλλειν () ἀγγέλους () ἑαυτοῦ () εἰς () Αἴγυπτον () τοῦ () δοῦναι () αὐτῷ () ἵππους () καὶ () λαὸν () πολύν. () Εἰ () κατευθυνεῖ; () Εἰ () διασωθήσεται () ὁ () ποιῶν () ἐναντία; () Καὶ () παραβαίνων () διαθήκην () εἰ () σωθήσεται; ()
[16] Ζῶ () ἐγώ, () λέγει () κύριος, () ἐὰν () μὴ () ἐν () ᾧ () τόπῳ () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () ὁ () βασιλεύσας () αὐτόν, () ὃς () ἠτίμωσεν () τὴν () ἀράν () μου () καὶ () ὃς () παρέβη () τὴν () διαθήκην () μου, () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () μέσῳ () Βαβυλῶνος () τελευτήσει. ()
[17] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἐν () δυνάμει () μεγάλῃ () οὐδ’ () ἐν () ὄχλῳ () πολλῷ () ποιήσει () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () Φαραω () πόλεμον, () ἐν () χαρακοβολίᾳ καὶ () ἐν () οἰκοδομῇ () βελοστάσεων τοῦ () ἐξᾶραι () ψυχάς. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἠτίμωσεν () ὁρκωμοσίαν () τοῦ () παραβῆναι () διαθήκην, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () δέδωκεν () τὴν () χεῖρα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πάντα () ταῦτα () ἐποίησεν () αὐτῷ· () μὴ () σωθήσεται; ()
[19] Διὰ () τοῦτο () εἰπόν () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Ζῶ () ἐγὼ () ἐὰν () μὴ () τὴν () διαθήκην () μου, () ἣν () παρέβη, () καὶ () τὴν () ὁρκωμοσίαν () μου, () ἣν () ἠτίμωσεν, () καὶ () δώσω () αὐτὰ () εἰς () κεφαλὴν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἐκπετάσω () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () τὸ () δίκτυόν () μου, () καὶ () ἁλώσεται ἐν () τῇ () περιοχῇ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[21] Ἐν () πάσῃ () παρατάξει αὐτοῦ () ἐν () ῥομφαίᾳ () πεσοῦνται, () καὶ () τοὺς () καταλοίπους () εἰς () πάντα () ἄνεμον () διασπερῶ· () καὶ () ἐπιγνώσεσθε () διότι () ἐγὼ () κύριος () λελάληκα. ()—
[22] διότι () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Καὶ () λήμψομαι () ἐγὼ () ἐκ () τῶν () ἐπιλέκτων τῆς () κέδρου, ἐκ () κορυφῆς καρδίας () αὐτῶν () ἀποκνιῶ καὶ () καταφυτεύσω ἐγὼ () ἐπ’ () ὄρος () ὑψηλόν· () καὶ () κρεμάσω () αὐτὸν ()
[23] ἐν () ὄρει () μετεώρῳ τοῦ () Ισραηλ () καὶ () καταφυτεύσω, καὶ () ἐξοίσει () βλαστὸν καὶ () ποιήσει () καρπὸν () καὶ () ἔσται () εἰς () κέδρον μεγάλην, () καὶ () ἀναπαύσεται () ὑποκάτω () αὐτοῦ () πᾶν () θηρίον, () καὶ () πᾶν () πετεινὸν ὑπὸ () τὴν () σκιὰν () αὐτοῦ () ἀναπαύσεται, () τὰ () κλήματα () αὐτοῦ () ἀποκατασταθήσεται. ()
[24] Καὶ () γνώσονται () πάντα () τὰ () ξύλα () τοῦ () πεδίου διότι () ἐγὼ () κύριος () ὁ () ταπεινῶν () ξύλον () ὑψηλὸν () καὶ () ὑψῶν () ξύλον () ταπεινὸν () καὶ () ξηραίνων () ξύλον () χλωρὸν () καὶ () ἀναθάλλων () ξύλον () ξηρόν· () ἐγὼ () κύριος () λελάληκα () καὶ () ποιήσω. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.