Verse 9
Ezekiel 17:9
New King James Version
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֱמֹ֗ר כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥/י יְהֹוִ֖ה תִּצְלָ֑ח הֲ/לוֹא֩ אֶת שָׁרָשֶׁ֨י/הָ יְנַתֵּ֜ק וְ/אֶת פִּרְיָ֣/הּ יְקוֹסֵ֣ס וְ/יָבֵ֗שׁ כָּל טַרְפֵּ֤י צִמְחָ/הּ֙ תִּיבָ֔שׁ וְ/לֹֽא בִ/זְרֹ֤עַ גְּדוֹלָה֙ וּ/בְ/עַם רָ֔ב לְ/מַשְׂא֥וֹת אוֹתָ֖/הּ מִ/שָּׁרָשֶֽׁי/הָ
English Translation
Thus says my Lord Yahweh: "Will it not succeed? Will I not uproot its roots, and gather its fruits, and dry up all its plants? It will be dried up, and it will not be by a great arm and by a many people to lift it up from its roots."
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