There was also [a]another great Eagle with great wings and many feathers, and behold, this vine did turn her roots toward it, and spread forth her branches toward it, that she might water it by the trenches of her plantation.

It was planted in a good soil by great [b]waters, that it should bring forth branches, and bear fruit, and be an excellent vine.

Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, Shall it prosper? shall [c]he not pull up the roots thereof, and destroy the fruit thereof, and cause them to dry? all the leaves of her bud shall wither without great power, or many people, to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 17:7 Meaning, the king of Egypt, of whom Zedekiah sought succor against Nebuchadnezzar.
  2. Ezekiel 17:8 They thought to be moistened by the waters of Nilus.
  3. Ezekiel 17:9 Shall not Nebuchadnezzar destroy it?

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