Ezekiel Chapter 17
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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so.
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Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the harlot with them;
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and thou tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them, and didst set mine oil and mine incense before them.
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My bread also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savor; and
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thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Were thy whoredoms a small matter,
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that thou hast slain my children, and delivered them up, in causing them to pass through
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the fire unto them?
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And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast weltering in thy blood.
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And it is come to pass after all thy wickedness (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord Jehovah),
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that thou hast built unto thee a vaulted place, and hast made thee a lofty place in every street.
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Thou hast built thy lofty place at the head of every way, and hast made thy beauty an abomination, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredom.
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Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians, thy neighbors, great of flesh; and hast multiplied thy whoredom, to provoke me to anger.
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Behold therefore, I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary
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food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, that are ashamed of thy lewd way.
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Thou hast played the harlot also with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet thou wast not satisfied.
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Thou hast moreover multiplied thy whoredom unto the land of traffic, unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith.
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How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an impudent harlot;
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in that thou buildest thy vaulted place at the head of every way, and makest thy lofty place in every street, and hast not been as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire.
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A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!
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They give gifts to all harlots; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and bribest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms.
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And thou art different from
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other women in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to play the harlot; and whereas thou givest hire, and no hire is given unto thee, therefore thou art different.
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Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah:
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel,
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and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings, long-pinioned, full of feathers, which was of divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar.
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He cropped off the top of its young shoots, and carried it into a merchants' land; he set it in a city of traders.
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And he took of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, he set it as a willow tree.
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And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, so that its branches should turn toward him, and the roots thereof be under him; and it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
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And there was another great eagle with great wings and many feathers; and behold, from the beds of her plantation, this vine did bend her roots unto him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it.
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It was planted in a good field by many waters, that it might bring forth branches and bear fruit, that it might be a noble vine.
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Say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? Shall he not pull up its roots, and cut off its fruit, that it may wither? All its fresh sprouting leaves shall wither, even without a great arm and many people to pluck it up by its roots.
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And behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither when the east wind toucheth it? It shall wither in the beds where it grew.
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And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things are? Say, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king and its princes, and led them with him to Babylon.
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And he took of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath, and he took away the mighty of the land;
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that the kingdom might be abased, that it might not lift itself up, that it might keep his covenant in order to stand.
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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? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?
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[As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily in the place of the king that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him, in the midst of Babylon, shall he die.
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Neither shall Pharaoh with a mighty army and a great assemblage do anything for him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.
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He despised the oath, and broke the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, yet hath he done all these things: he shall not escape.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: [As] I live, verily, mine oath which he hath despised, and my covenant which he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his head.
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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 enter into judgment with him there for his unfaithfulness in which he hath been unfaithful against me.
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And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind; and ye shall know that I Jehovah have spoken.
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Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the highest branch of the lofty cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of its young shoots a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and eminent mountain:
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upon the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it; and it shall bring forth branches, and bear fruit, and become a noble cedar; and under it shall dwell all birds of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
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And all the trees of the field shall know that I Jehovah have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and made the dry tree to flourish: I Jehovah have spoken, and will do [it].
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, relate a tale, and speak a parable to the house of Israel:
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and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; A great eagle with large wings, spreading them out very far, with many claws, which has the design of entering into Libanus—and he took the choice [branches] of the cedar:
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he cropped off the ends of the tender twigs, and brought them into the land of Chanaan; he laid them up in a walled city.
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And he took of the seed of the land, and sowed it in a field planted by much water; he set it in a conspicuous place.
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And it sprang up, and became a weak and little vine, so that the branches thereof appeared [upon] it, and its roots were under it: and it became a vine, and put forth shoots, and sent forth its tendrils.
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And there was another great eagle, with great wings and many claws: and, behold, this vine bent itself round toward him, and her roots [were turned] towards him, and she sent forth her branches towards him, that [he] might water her together with the growth of her plantation.
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She thrives in a fair field by much water, to produce shoots and bear fruit, that she might become a great vine.
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Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; Shall it prosper? shall not the roots of her tender stem and her fruit be blighted? yea, all her early shoots shall be dried up, and [that] not by a mighty arm, nor by many people, to tear her up from her roots.
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And, behold, it thrives: shall it prosper? shall it not wither as soon as the east wind touches it? it shall be withered together with the growth of its shoots.
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Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Son of man, say now to the provoking house, Know ye not what these things were? say [to them], Whenever the king of Babylon shall come against Jerusalem, then he shall take her king and her princes, and shall take them home to Babylon.
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And he shall take of the seed royal, and shall make a covenant with him, and shall bind him with an oath: and he shall take the princes of the land:
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that it may become a weak kingdom, so as never to lift itself up, that he may keep his covenant, and establish it.
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And [if] he shall revolt from him, to send his messengers into Egypt, that [they] may give him horses and much people; shall he prosper? shall he that acts as an adversary be preserved? and shall he that transgresses the covenant be preserved?
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[As] I live, saith the Lord, verily in [the same] place where the king is that made him king, who dishonoured my oath, and who broke my covenant, shall he die with him in the midst of Babylon.
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And Pharao shall make war upon him not with a large force or great multitude, in throwing up a mound, and in building of forts, to cut off souls.
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Whereas he has profaned the oath so as to break the covenant, when, behold, I engaged his hand, and he has done all these things to him, he shall not escape.
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Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; [As] I live, surely mine oath which he has profaned, and my covenant which he has transgressed, I will even recompense it upon his head.
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And I will spread a net upon him, and he shall be caught in its snare.
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In every battle of his they shall fall by the sword, and I will scatter [his] remnant to every wind: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.
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For thus saith the Lord; I will even take of the choice [branches] of the cedar from the top [thereof], I will crop off their hearts, and I will plant it on a high mountain:
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and I will hang it on a lofty mountain of Israel: yea, I will plant it, and it shall put forth shoots, and shall bear fruit, and it shall be a great cedar: and every bird shall rest beneath it, even every fowl shall rest under its shadow: its branches shall be restored.
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And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord that bring low the high tree, and exalt the low tree, and wither the green tree, and cause the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken, and will do [it].
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
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Fili hominis propone ænigma, et narra parabolam ad domum Israel,
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et dices: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Aquila grandis magnarum alarum, longo membrorum ductu, plena plumis, et varietate, venit ad Libanum, et tulit medullam cedri.
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Summitatem frondium eius avulsit: et transportavit eam in Terram Chanaan, in urbe negotiatorum posuit illam.
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Et tulit de semine terræ, et posuit illud in terra pro semine, ut firmaret radicem super aquas multas: in superficie posuit illud.
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Cumque germinasset, crevit in vineam latiorem, humili statura, respicientibus ramis eius ad eam: et radices eius sub illa erant. facta est ergo vinea, et fructificavit in palmites, et emisit propagines.
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Et facta est aquila altera grandis magnis alis, multisque plumis: et ecce vinea ista quasi mittens radices suas ad eam, palmites suos extendit ad illam, ut irrigaret eam de areolis germinis sui.
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In terra bona super aquas multas plantata est: ut faciat frondes, et portet fructum, ut sit in vineam grandem.
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Dic: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Ergone prosperabitur? nonne radices eius evellet, et fructus eius distringet, et siccabit omnes palmites germinis eius, et arescet: et non in brachio grandi, neque in populo multo, ut evelleret eam radicitus?
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Ecce plantata est: ergone prosperabitur? nonne cum tetigerit eam ventus urens siccabitur, et in areis germinis sui arescet?
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Et factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens:
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Dic ad domum exasperantem: Nescitis quid ista significent? Dic: Ecce venit rex Babylonis in Ierusalem: et assumet regem, et principes eius, et adducet eos ad semetipsum in Babylonem.
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Et tollet de semine regni, ferietque cum eo fœdus: et ab eo accipiet iusiurandum. sed et fortes terræ tollet,
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ut sit regnum humile, et non elevetur, sed custodiat pactum eius, et servet illud.
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Qui recedens ab eo misit nuncios ad Ægyptum ut daret sibi equos, et populum multum. Numquid prosperabitur, vel consequetur salutem qui fecit hæc? et qui dissolvit pactum, numquid effugiet?
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Vivo ego, dicit Dominus Deus: quoniam in loco regis, qui constituit eum regem, cuius fecit irritum iuramentum, et solvit pactum, quod habebat cum eo, in medio Babylonis morietur.
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Et non in exercitu grandi, neque in populo multo faciet contra eum Pharao prælium: in iactu aggeris, et in extructione vallorum ut interficiat animas multas.
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Spreverat enim iuramentum ut solveret fœdus, et ecce dedit manum suam: et cum omnia hæc fecerit, non effugiet.
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Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Vivo ego, quoniam iuramentum, quod sprevit, et fœdus, quod prævaricatus est, ponam in caput eius.
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Et expandam super eum rete meum, et comprehendetur in sagena mea: et adducam eum in Babylonem, et iudicabo eum ibi in prævaricatione, qua despexit me.
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Et omnes profugi eius cum universo agmine suo, gladio cadent: residui autem in omnem ventum dispergentur: et scietis quia ego Dominus locutus sum.
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Hæc dicit Dominus Deus: Et sumam ego de medulla cedri sublimis, et ponam: de vertice ramorum eius tenerum distringam, et plantabo super montem excelsum et eminentem.
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In monte sublimi Israel plantabo illud, et erumpet in germen, et faciet fructum, et erit in cedrum magnam: et habitabunt sub ea omnes volucres, et universum volatile sub umbra frondium eius nidificabit.
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Et scient omnia ligna regionis, quia ego Dominus humiliavi lignum sublime, et exaltavi lignum humile: et siccavi lignum viride, et frondere feci lignum aridum. Ego Dominus locutus sum, et feci.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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“Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
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and say, ‘The Lord GOD 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.
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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.
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“‘“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.
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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.
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“‘“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.
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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.”’
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“Say, ‘The Lord GOD 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.
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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.”’”
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Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
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“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.
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He took one of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,
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that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
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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?
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“‘As I live,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘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.
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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.
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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.
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“Therefore the Lord GOD 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.
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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.
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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, the LORD, have spoken it.’
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“The Lord GOD 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.
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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.
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All the trees of the field will 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 flourish. “‘I, the LORD, have spoken and have done it.’”
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
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`Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,
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and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: The great eagle, great-winged, long-pinioned, Full of feathers, that hath diverse colours, Hath come in unto Lebanon, And it taketh the foliage of the cedar,
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The top of its tender twigs it hath cropped, And it bringeth it in to the land of Canaan. In a city of merchants it hath placed it.
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And it taketh of the seed of the land, And doth put it in a field of seed, To take by many waters, In a conspicuous place it hath set it.
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And it springeth up, and becometh a spreading vine, humble of stature, To turn its thin shoots toward itself, And its roots are under it, And it becometh a vine, and maketh boughs, And sendeth forth beauteous branches.
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And there is another great eagle, Great-winged, and abounding with feathers, And lo, this vine hath bent its roots toward him, And its thin shoots it hath sent out toward him, To water it from the furrows of its planting,
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On a good field, by many waters, it is planted, To make branches, and to bear fruit, To be for an goodly vine.
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Say: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: It prospereth--its roots doth he not draw out, And its fruit cut off, and it is withered? <FI>In<Fi> all the leaves of its springing it withereth, And not by great strength, and by a numerous people, To lift it up by its roots.
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And lo, the planted thing--doth it prosper? When come against it doth the east wind, Doth it not utterly wither? On the furrows of its springing it withereth.'
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And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying:
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`Say, I pray thee, to the rebellious house, Have ye not known what these <FI>are<Fi> ? Say, Lo, come hath the king of Babylon to Jerusalem, And he taketh its king, and its princes, And bringeth them to himself to Babylon.
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And he taketh of the seed of the kingdom, And maketh with him a covenant, And bringeth him in to an oath, And the mighty of the land he hath taken,
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That the kingdom may be humble, That it may not lift itself up, To keep his covenant--that it may stand.
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And he rebelleth against him, To send his messengers to Egypt, To give to him horses, and much people, Doth he prosper? doth he escape who is doing these things? And hath he broken covenant and escaped?
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I live--an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Doth he not--in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken, With him--in the midst of Babylon--die?
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And not with a great force, and with a numerous assembly, Doth Pharaoh maintain him in battle, By pouring out a mount, and in building a fortification, To cut off many souls.
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And he despised the oath--to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not.
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Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I live--Mine oath that he hath despised, And My covenant that he hath broken, Have I not put it on his head?
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And I have spread out for him My snare, And he hath been caught in My net, And I have brought him in to Babylon, And pleaded with him there his trespass, That he hath trespassed against Me.
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And all his fugitives, with all his bands, By sword do fall, and those remaining, To every wind they are spread out, And ye have known that I, Jehovah, have spoken.
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Thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have taken of the foliage of the high cedar, And I have set <FI>it<Fi> , From the top of its tender shoots a tender one I crop, And I--I have planted <FI>it<Fi> on a mountain high and lofty.
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In a mountain--the high place of Israel, I plant it, And it hath borne boughs, and yielded fruit, And become a goodly cedar, And dwelt under it have all birds of every wing, In the shade of its thin shoots they dwell.
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And known have all trees of the field That I, Jehovah, have made low the high tree, I have set on high the low tree, I have dried up the moist tree, And I have caused the dry tree to flourish, I, Jehovah, have spoken, and have done <FI> it<Fi> !'
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A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).