Verse 2
Ezekiel 17:2
New King James Version
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Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
Original Language Text
hebrew
בֶּן אָדָ֕ם ח֥וּד חִידָ֖ה וּ/מְשֹׁ֣ל מָשָׁ֑ל אֶל בֵּ֖ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
Son of man, set forth a riddle and a parable to the house of Israel.
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Chapter 17 Context
1
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
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And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, whic...
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He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a ci...
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He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed
it by great wate...
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And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the r...
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There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did be...
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It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might...
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Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut...
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Yea, behold,
being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touche...
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these
things mean? tell
them, Behold, the king of...
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And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he h...
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That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up,
but that by keeping of his covenan...
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But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses a...
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As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place
where
the king
dwelleth that made him king, whos...
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17
Neither shall Pharaoh with
his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up...
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Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done...
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD;
As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenan...
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And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylo...
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And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scat...
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set
it;...
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23
In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear f...
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And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exal...
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