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Ezekiel 17
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Ezekiel 17
World English Bible
17 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,[a] 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.’”
Footnotes
- 17:13 or, seed
Ezekiel 17
King James Version
Ezekiel 17
King James Version
17 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
New International Version
Ezekiel 17
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.(A) 3 Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: A great eagle(B) with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon.(C) Taking hold of the top of a cedar, 4 he broke off(D) 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,(E) 6 and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches(F) turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.(G)
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.(H) 8 It had been planted in good soil by abundant water so that it would produce branches,(I) 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.(J) 10 It has been planted,(K) but will it thrive? Will it not wither completely when the east wind strikes it—wither away in the plot where it grew?(L)’”
11 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 12 “Say to this rebellious people, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?(M)’ Say to them: ‘The king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and carried off her king and her nobles,(N) bringing them back with him to Babylon.(O) 13 Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty(P) with him, putting him under oath.(Q) He also carried away the leading men(R) of the land, 14 so that the kingdom would be brought low,(S) unable to rise again, surviving only by keeping his treaty. 15 But the king rebelled(T) against him by sending his envoys to Egypt(U) to get horses and a large army.(V) Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the treaty and yet escape?(W)
16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, he shall die(X) in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke.(Y) 17 Pharaoh(Z) with his mighty army and great horde will be of no help to him in war, when ramps(AA) are built and siege works erected to destroy many lives.(AB) 18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge(AC) and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.
19 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant.(AD) 20 I will spread my net(AE) for him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment(AF) on him there because he was unfaithful(AG) to me. 21 All his choice troops will fall by the sword,(AH) and the survivors(AI) will be scattered to the winds.(AJ) Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken.(AK)
22 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will take a shoot(AL) from the very top of a cedar and plant it; I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots and plant it on a high and lofty mountain.(AM) 23 On the mountain heights(AN) of Israel I will plant it; it will produce branches and bear fruit(AO) and become a splendid cedar. Birds of every kind will nest in it; they will find shelter in the shade of its branches.(AP) 24 All the trees of the forest(AQ) will know that I the Lord bring down(AR) the tall tree and make the low tree grow tall. I dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish.(AS)
“‘I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.(AT)’”
Ezekiel 17
EasyEnglish Bible
Ezekiel 17
EasyEnglish Bible
A story about two eagles and a vine
17 The Lord gave this message to me: 2 ‘Son of man, I want you to tell a story to Israel's people. It tells about them.
3 Say to them, “The Almighty Lord says this: There was a great eagle that had strong wings. Its feathers were long and beautiful, with many colours. The eagle came to Lebanon and he took hold of the top of a cedar tree. 4 He broke off the top branch of the tree. He took it to a country where there were many traders who buy and sell things. He planted the branch in a city there.
5 The eagle also took a seed from Israel's land. He planted it in a good field, like a willow tree near to plenty of water. 6 The seed made a plant that grew well. It became a vine that grew near to the ground. The vine's branches turned up towards the eagle. Its roots went down into the ground. The vine grew with many new branches and leaves.
7 There was also another great eagle. It had strong wings and many feathers. Now the vine turned its roots and its branches towards this eagle. It wanted to get more water in the ground where it was growing. 8 But the vine was already growing in a good field where there was plenty of water. It could grow very well in that place, with new branches. It could become a beautiful vine and make grapesthere.”
9 Then say to Israel's people, “The Almighty Lord says this: Do you think that the vine will continue to grow well? No, the first eagle will surely pull its roots out of the ground! He will destroy its grapes. All its leaves and branches will become dry and die. It would be easy to pull it out of the ground. It would not need a strong man or a large army to do that. 10 Yes the plant is in the ground, but will it continue to grow? When the hot wind from the east blows on it, it will become completely dry. It will die in the same good field where it had been growing.” ’
11 Then the Lord gave this message to me: 12 ‘Israel's people have turned against me. Say to them, “Surely you must understand the meaning of this story.” Then say to them, “Listen! The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem. He took away Israel's king and his officers. He took them with him as his prisoners to Babylon. 13 He made an agreement with one man from the king of Israel's family. He made that man promise to serve Babylon's king. Then he could rule as king in Jerusalem.[a]
The king of Babylon also took away the leaders of Jerusalem as his prisoners. 14 He wanted to make their kingdom weak. He did not want it to become strong enough to fight against him. He wanted them to obey his agreement with him. 15 But the man from the king's family did turn against the king of Babylon. He sent his officers with a message to Egypt. He asked them to send a large army with horses to save Jerusalem. But that will not help him to be safe! He did not obey his agreement with the king of Babylon, so he will not escape!
16 I promise you this, as surely as I live, says the AlmightyLord. That man that the king of Babylon made king in Jerusalem will die! He will die in Babylon because he did not obey the agreement he had made with the king of Babylon. He thought that his promise was not important. 17 The king of Egypt has a great army and many soldiers. But he still will not be able to help him to fight against Babylon's army. Babylon's soldiers will build heaps of earth against Jerusalem's walls. They will attack the walls and go into the city. They will kill many people in Jerusalem. 18 Judah's king did not obey his agreement with the king of Babylon. He had promised to serve Babylon's king but instead he turned against him. He did not do what he had promised to do, so he will not escape.
19 So this is what the Almighty Lord says: I promise you this, as surely as I live. I will certainly punish Judah's king for what he has done. He did not respect the promise that he made in my name. He did not obey the agreement that he made. 20 I will throw a net over him and I will catch him in my trap. I will take him to Babylon and I will judge him there. I will punish him because he was not faithful to me. 21 All the brave soldiers in his army will die in the battle. The soldiers who escape will run away in all directions. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken this message.[b]
22 The Almighty Lord says this: I myself will take a new branch from the top of a tall cedar tree. I will break off one of its small fresh branches. Then I will plant it on the top of a high mountain. 23 I will plant it on a high mountain in Israel. There it will grow and make branches and fruit. It will become a beautiful cedar tree. Many kinds of birds will live under the tree's branches. They will be safe in its shadow. 24 Then all the trees of the forest will know that I am the Lord. I cause tall trees to fall down. I cause small trees to grow tall. I cause green trees to become dry. I cause dry trees to make fresh leaves.
I, the Lord, have said this and I will surely do it.” ’
Footnotes
- 17:13 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem. He took King Jehoiachin of Judah away as his prisoner to Babylon. He chose King Jehoiachin's uncle, Zedekiah, to rule as king in Jerusalem instead. See 2 Kings 24:10-20.
- 17:21 See 2 Kings 25:1-5.
Ezekiel 17
Ang Biblia (1978)
Ezekiel 17
Ang Biblia (1978)
Ang talinghaga ng dalawang aguila at isang baging.
17 At ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi,
2 Anak ng tao, magbugtong ka, at magsalita ka ng talinhaga sa sangbahayan ni Israel;
3 At iyong sabihin, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, (A)Isang malaking aguila na may mga malaki at mahabang pakpak na puno ng mga balahibo, na may sarisaring kulay, naparoon sa Libano, at kinuha ang dulo ng cedro:
4 Kaniyang binali ang pinakamataas na sariwang mga sanga niyaon, at dinala sa isang lupain na kalakalan; inilagay niya sa isang bayan ng mga mangangalakal.
5 Kumuha rin siya sa binhi ng lupain, at itinanim sa isang mainam na (B)lupa; itinanim niya sa tabi ng maraming tubig; kaniyang itinanim na parang puno ng kahoy na sauce.
6 At tumubo, at naging mayabong, na puno ng baging (C)na mababa, na ang mga sanga ay patungo sa dako niya, at ang mga ugat niyao'y nasa ilalim niya; sa gayo'y naging isang puno ng baging, at nagsanga, at nagsupling.
7 May iba namang malaking aguila na may mga malaking pakpak at maraming balahibo: at, narito, (D)ang puno ng baging na ito ay pumihit ang mga ugat niyaon, sa dako niya, at isinupling ang kaniyang mga sanga sa dako niya mula sa mga pitak na kinatatamanan, upang kaniyang madilig.
8 Natanim sa isang mabuting lupa sa siping ng maraming tubig, upang makapagsanga, at makapagbunga, upang maging mabuting puno ng baging.
9 Sabihin mo, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Giginhawa baga yaon? hindi baga niya bubunutin ang mga ugat niyaon, at kikitlin ang bunga niyaon, upang matuyo; upang ang lahat na sariwang ladlad na mga dahon niyaon ay mangatuyo? at hindi sa pamamagitan ng malakas na bisig o maraming tao ay ito'y mabubunot sa mga ugat.
10 Oo, narito, yamang natanim ay giginhawa baga? (E)hindi baga lubos na matutuyo pagka nahipan siya (F)ng hanging silanganan? matutuyo sa mga pitak na tinubuan niya.
Ang kahulugan ng mga aguila at baging.
11 Bukod dito'y ang salita ng Panginoon ay dumating sa akin, na nagsasabi:
12 Sabihin mo nga sa mapanghimagsik na sangbahayan, Hindi baga ninyo nalalaman ang kahulugan ng mga bagay na ito? saysayin mo sa kanila, Narito, (G)ang hari sa Babilonia ay dumating sa Jerusalem, at kinuha ang hari niyaon, at ang mga prinsipe niyaon, at dinala niya sa Babilonia.
13 (H)At siya'y kumuha sa lahing hari, at nakipagtipan siya sa kaniya: (I)isinailalim din niya siya sa panunumpa, at dinala (J)ang mga dakila sa lupain;
14 Upang ang kaharian ay mababa, upang huwag makataas, kundi sa pagiingat ng kaniyang tipan ay mapatayo.
15 (K)Nguni't siya'y nanghimagsik laban sa kaniya sa pagpapadala ng kaniyang mga sugo (L)sa Egipto, upang mabigyan nila siya ng mga kabayo at maraming tao. Giginhawa baga siya? makatatanan baga siya na gumagawa ng ganyang mga bagay? makatatahan kaya siya na sumira ng tipan?
16 Buháy ako, sabi ng Panginoong Dios, tunay na sa dakong tinatahanan ng hari na pinaggawaan sa kaniyang hari, na ang sumpa ay hinamak niya, at ang tipan ay sinira niya, siya nga'y mamamatay (M)sa gitna ng Babilonia na kasama niya.
17 Kahit si Faraon man sangpu ng kaniyang makapangyarihang hukbo at malaking pulutong sa pakikidigma ay (N)walang magagawa, pagka sila'y mangagtitindig ng mga bunton; at mangagtatayo ng mga katibayan, upang pumatay ng maraming mga tao.
18 Sapagka't kaniyang hinamak ang sumpa sa pagsira ng tipan; at narito, (O)naiabot na niya ang kaniyang kamay, at gayon ma'y ginawa ang lahat na bagay na ito; siya'y hindi makatatanan.
19 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, Buháy ako, walang pagsalang ang panunumpa sa akin na kaniyang hinamak, at ang tipan sa akin na kaniyang sinira, aking pararatingin sa kaniyang sariling ulo.
20 At (P)aking ilalagay ang aking panilo sa kaniya, at (Q)siya'y mahuhuli sa aking silo, at dadalhin ko siya sa Babilonia, at siya'y aking hahatulan doon dahil sa kaniyang pagsalangsang na kaniyang isinalangsang laban sa akin.
21 At ang lahat niyang mga tanan sa lahat (R)niyang pulutong ay mangabubuwal sa pamamagitan ng tabak, at ang nalabi ay mangangalat sa bawa't dako: at inyong malalaman na akong Panginoon ang nagsalita niyaon.
Ang mabuting cedro.
22 Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Dios, (S)Kukuha naman ako sa dulo ng mataas na cedro, at aking itatanim; sa pinakamataas ng kaniyang sariwang sanga (T)ay puputol ako ng supling, at aking (U)itatanim sa isang mataas na bundok at matayog:
23 Sa bundok na kaitaasan ng Israel ay aking (V)itatanim: at magsasanga at magbubunga, at magiging mainam na cedro: at sa lilim niyao'y (W)tatahan ang lahat na ibon na may iba't ibang uri; sa lilim ng mga sanga niyaon magsisitahan sila.
24 At ang lahat na punong kahoy sa parang ay makakaalam na akong Panginoon ang nagbaba sa mataas na punong kahoy, nagtaas sa mababang punong kahoy, tumuyo sa sariwang punong kahoy, at nagpanariwa sa tuyong punong kahoy: (X)akong Panginoon ang nagsalita at gumawa niyaon.
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