Ezekiel 17:1-10 New International Version
Two Eagles and a Vine
17 The word of the Lord came to me:
2 “Son of man, set forth an
allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable.
3 Say to them, ‘This is what
the Sovereign Lord says: A great eagle
with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon.
Taking hold of the top of a cedar,
4 he broke off its topmost
shoot and carried it away to a land of merchants, where he planted it in a city
of traders.
5 “‘He took one of the seedlings
of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant
water,
6 and it sprouted and became
a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under
it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.
7 “‘But there was another
great eagle with powerful wings and full plumage. The vine now sent out its roots
toward him from the plot where it was planted and stretched out its branches to
him for water.
8 It had been planted in good
soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches, bear fruit and become
a splendid vine.’
9 “Say to them, ‘This is what
the Sovereign Lord says: Will it thrive?
Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers? All its new
growth will wither. It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by
the roots.
10 It has been planted, but
will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it—wither
away in the plot where it grew?’”
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