17 The Lord of hosts, (A)who planted you, has decreed disaster against you, because of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done, (B)provoking me to anger by making offerings to Baal.”

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17 The Lord Almighty, who planted(A) you, has decreed disaster(B) for you, because the people of both Israel and Judah have done evil and aroused(C) my anger by burning incense to Baal.(D)

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He dug it and cleared it of stones,
    and planted it with (A)choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
    and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and (B)he looked for it to yield grapes,
    but it yielded wild grapes.

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He dug it up and cleared it of stones
    and planted it with the choicest vines.(A)
He built a watchtower(B) in it
    and cut out a winepress(C) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
    but it yielded only bad fruit.(D)

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You plant them, and they take root;
    they grow and produce fruit;
(A)you are near in their mouth
    and far from their heart.

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You have planted(A) them, and they have taken root;
    they grow and bear fruit.(B)
You are always on their lips
    but far from their hearts.(C)

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21 (A)Yet I planted you a choice vine,
    wholly of pure seed.
(B)How then have you turned degenerate
    and become a wild vine?

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21 I had planted(A) you like a choice vine(B)
    of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
    into a corrupt,(C) wild vine?

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15 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, behold, I am bringing upon this city and upon all its towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, (A)because they have stiffened their neck, (B)refusing to hear my words.”

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15 “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Listen! I am going to bring on this city and all the villages around it every disaster(A) I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked(B) and would not listen(C) to my words.’”

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Then he took of the seed of the land (A)and planted it in fertile soil.[a] He placed it beside abundant waters. (B)He set it like a willow twig,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 17:5 Hebrew in a field of seed

“‘He took one of the seedlings of the land and put it in fertile soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water,(A)

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Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: (A)Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land.

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But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot(A) what I have planted,(B) throughout the earth.(C)

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10 If you will remain in this land, (A)then I will build you up and not pull you down; I will plant you, and not pluck you up; (B)for I relent of the disaster that I did to you.

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10 ‘If you stay in this land,(A) I will build(B) you up and not tear you down; I will plant(C) you and not uproot you,(D) for I have relented concerning the disaster I have inflicted on you.(E)

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The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, (A)“The Lord your God pronounced this disaster against this place.

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When the commander(A) of the guard found Jeremiah, he said to him, “The Lord your God decreed(B) this disaster(C) for this place.(D)

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(A)It may be that their plea for mercy will come before the Lord, (B)and that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”

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Perhaps they will bring their petition(A) before the Lord and will each turn(B) from their wicked ways, for the anger(C) and wrath pronounced against this people by the Lord are great.”

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17 Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, (A)because I have spoken to them and they have not listened, (B)I have called to them and they have not answered.”

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17 “Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Listen! I am going to bring on Judah and on everyone living in Jerusalem every disaster(A) I pronounced against them. I spoke to them, but they did not listen;(B) I called to them, but they did not answer.’”(C)

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19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? (A)Did he not fear the Lord and entreat the favor of the Lord, (B)and did not the Lord relent of the disaster that he had pronounced against them? (C)But we are about to bring great disaster upon ourselves.”

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19 “Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did not Hezekiah(A) fear the Lord and seek(B) his favor? And did not the Lord relent,(C) so that he did not bring the disaster(D) he pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster(E) on ourselves!”

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13 Now therefore (A)mend your ways and your deeds, (B)and obey the voice of the Lord your God, (C)and the Lord will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you.

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13 Now reform(A) your ways and your actions and obey(B) the Lord your God. Then the Lord will relent(C) and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you.

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