Ezekiel 17 — Two eagles, a broken covenant and a planted cedar — Hebrew and Greek compared

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[17:1] YHWH’s word came to me, saying,

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[17:1] The Lord’s word came to me, saying,

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[17:2] “Son of man, pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.

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[17:2] “Son of man, tell a narrative and speak a parable to the house of Israel,

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[17:3] Say, ‘Thus says Lord YHWH: The great eagle, great of wings, long of pinion, full of many-colored feathers, came to Lebanon and took the cedar’s top.

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[17:3] and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: The great eagle, great-winged, long in span, full of talons, which has authority to enter Lebanon, took the cedar’s choice parts;

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[17:4] He plucked the topmost of its young shoots and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a traders’ city.

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[17:4] he nipped off the tips of its tender growth, carried them to the land of Canaan, and set them in a fortified city.

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[17:5] He took some of the land’s seed and put it in a seed field. Taking it beside abundant waters, he set it like a willow.

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[17:5] He took some of the land’s seed and put it in the plain, a plant beside abundant water; he appointed it to be watched over.

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[17:6] It sprouted and became a spreading vine, low in stature, its branches turning toward him and its roots beneath him. It became a vine, produced boughs and sent out shoots.

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[17:6] It sprouted and became a weak vine, small in size so that it might appear. Its branches were upon it and its roots beneath it. It became a vine, produced offshoots and extended its climbing growth.

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[17:7] There was another great eagle, great of wings and abundant in feathers. Behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and sent its branches to him from the beds where it was planted, so that he might water it.

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[17:7] There was another great eagle, great-winged and abundant in talons. Behold, this vine was intertwined toward him, its roots toward him; it sent its branches to him to water it together with the clod of its planting.

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[17:8] It was planted in a good field beside abundant waters, to produce branches, bear fruit and become a splendid vine.

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[17:8] It grows fat in a good plain beside abundant water, to produce shoots, bear fruit and become a great vine.

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[17:9] Say, ‘Thus says Lord YHWH: Will it prosper? Will he not pull up its roots, strip its fruit, and let it wither? All its sprouting leaves will wither; no great arm or numerous people will be needed to lift it from its roots.

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[17:9] Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord: Will it prosper? Will not the roots of its tender growth and its fruit rot, and all its early shoots dry up? No great arm or numerous people will be needed to pull it from its roots.

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[17:10] Behold, it is planted—will it prosper? Will it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It will wither upon the beds of its growth.’”

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[17:10] Behold, it grows fat—surely it will not prosper? Will it not dry up completely as soon as the scorching wind touches it? It will dry up together with the clod of its growth.’”

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[17:11] YHWH’s word came to me, saying,

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[17:11] The Lord’s word came to me, saying,

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[17:12] “Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Say, ‘Behold, Babylon’s king came to Jerusalem, took her king and her princes, and brought them to himself in Babylon.

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[17:12] “Son of man, say now to the embittering house, ‘Do you not understand what these things were?’ Say, ‘When Babylon’s king comes against Jerusalem, he will take her king and her rulers and bring them to himself in Babylon.

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[17:13] He took one of the royal seed, made a covenant with him, and brought him under an oath. He took the land’s mighty men,

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[17:13] He will take one of the royal seed, make a covenant with him, and bring him under a curse-oath. He will take the land’s leaders,

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[17:14] so that the kingdom might remain lowly and not exalt itself, keeping his covenant so that it might stand.

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[17:14] so that it may become a weak kingdom, not exalt itself at all, and keep his covenant and establish it.

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[17:15] But he rebelled against him, sending his messengers to Egypt to give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? Can he break a covenant and escape?

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[17:15] He will revolt from him, sending his messengers to Egypt to give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will the one doing contrary things be rescued? Will one transgressing a covenant be saved?

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[17:16] As I live, declares Lord YHWH, surely in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke—with him in the midst of Babylon he will die.

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[17:16] As I live, says the Lord, surely in the place of the king who made him king—he who dishonored My curse-oath and transgressed My covenant—with him in the midst of Babylon he will die.

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[17:17] Pharaoh will not act with him in battle with a great army and a numerous assembly, when a ramp is heaped up and a siege wall built to cut off many lives.

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[17:17] Pharaoh will not wage war against him with great power or a numerous crowd, amid siegeworks and the building of missile stations to remove lives.

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[17:18] He despised an oath by breaking a covenant; behold, he had given his hand, yet did all these things. He will not escape.

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[17:18] He dishonored a sworn oath by transgressing a covenant; behold, he has given his hand and did all these things to him. Surely he will not be saved?

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[17:19] Therefore thus says Lord YHWH: As I live, surely My oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke—I will bring it upon his head.

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[17:19] Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord: As I live, surely My covenant that he transgressed and My sworn oath that he dishonored—I will bring them upon his head.

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[17:20] I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there for the unfaithfulness with which he was unfaithful to Me.

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[17:20] I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in his enclosure.

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[17:21] All his fugitives among all his troops will fall by the sword, and those remaining will be scattered to every wind. You will know that I, YHWH, have spoken.

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[17:21] In all his battle array they will fall by the sword, and I will scatter the survivors to every wind. You will recognize that I, the Lord, have spoken.’

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[17:22] Thus says Lord YHWH: I Myself will take from the lofty cedar’s top and set it; I will pluck a tender shoot from the topmost of its young shoots, and I Myself will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain.

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[17:22] For thus says the Lord: I Myself will take from the cedar’s choice parts, nip off from the top of their heart, and I Myself will plant it upon a high mountain. I will suspend it

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[17:23] Upon Israel’s mountain height I will plant it. It will bear branches, produce fruit and become a splendid cedar. Every bird of every wing will dwell beneath it; in the shade of its branches they will dwell.

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[17:23] upon Israel’s lofty mountain and plant it. It will produce a shoot, bear fruit and become a great cedar. Every beast will rest beneath it, every bird will rest under its shade, and its branches will be restored.

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[17:24] All the field’s trees will know that I, YHWH, have brought the high tree low, raised the low tree high, dried up the green tree and made the dry tree flourish. I, YHWH, have spoken and will do it.’”

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[17:24] All the plain’s trees will know that I am the Lord who lowers a high tree, raises a low tree, dries a green tree and makes a dry tree flourish. I, the Lord, have spoken and will act.”