Ezekiel 17 (NET)

Ezekiel 17:1¹The Lord’ s message came to me:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ezekiel 17:2²“Son of man, offer a riddle, and tell a parable to the house of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 20:49Matt 13:351 Cor 13:122 Sam 12:1-4Ezek 24:3Hos 12:10Judg 14:12-19Judg 9:8-15Mark 4:33-34Matt 13:13-14

Ezekiel 17:3³Say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘A great eagle with broad wings, long feathers, with full plumage that was multi-hued, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 8:1Jer 48:40Dan 4:22Ezek 17:72 Chr 36:9-102 Kgs 24:10-16Dan 2:38Dan 7:4Deut 28:49Ezek 17:12-21

Ezekiel 17:4⁴He plucked off its topmost shoot; he brought it to a land of merchants and planted it in a city of traders.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 43:14Isa 47:15Jer 51:13Rev 18:11-19Rev 18:3

Ezekiel 17:5⁵He took one of the seedlings of the land, placed it in a cultivated plot; a shoot by abundant water, like a willow he planted it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 8:7-9Isa 44:42 Kgs 24:17Ezek 17:13Ezek 19:11-12Isa 15:7Jer 37:1

Ezekiel 17:6⁶It sprouted and became a vine, spreading low to the ground; its branches turning toward him, its roots were under itself. So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 17:14Prov 16:18-19

Ezekiel 17:7⁷“‘There was another great eagle with broad wings and thick plumage. Now this vine twisted its roots toward him and sent its branches toward him to be watered from the soil where it was planted.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 17:15Ezek 31:42 Chr 26:132 Kgs 24:20Jer 37:5-7

Ezekiel 17:8⁸In a good field, by abundant waters, it was planted to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a beautiful vine.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 17:5-6

Ezekiel 17:9⁹“Say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 17:10Jer 32:52 Chr 13:122 Chr 20:202 Kgs 25:4-7Ezek 17:15-17Isa 30:1-7Isa 31:1-3Isa 8:9-10Jer 21:4-7

Ezekiel 17:10¹⁰Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper? Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it? Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 13:15Ezek 19:12-14Hos 12:1John 15:6Jude 1:12Mark 11:20Matt 21:19

Ezekiel 17:11¹¹Then the Lord’ s message came to me:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Ezekiel 17:12¹²“Say to the rebellious house of Israel: ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Say: ‘See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 24:19Ezek 1:2Ezek 17:32 Chr 36:9-102 Kgs 24:10-16Acts 8:30Deut 6:20Exod 12:26Ezek 12:9-11Ezek 2:3-5

Ezekiel 17:13¹³He took one from the royal family, made a treaty with him, and put him under oath. He then took the leaders of the landCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 36:132 Kgs 24:15-17Ezek 17:5Jer 24:1Jer 29:2Jer 37:1Jer 5:2

Ezekiel 17:14¹⁴so it would be a lowly kingdom that could not rise on its own but had to keep its treaty with him in order to stand.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 29:141 Sam 2:301 Sam 2:7Deut 28:43Ezek 17:6Jer 27:12-17Jer 38:17Lam 5:10Matt 22:17-21Neh 9:36-37

Ezekiel 17:15¹⁵But this one from Israel’s royal family rebelled against the king of Babylon by sending his emissaries to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? Can he break the covenant and escape?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 36:132 Kgs 24:20Deut 17:16Ezek 17:7Jer 34:3Jer 38:18Jer 52:3Ezek 17:18Ezek 17:9Jer 37:5-7

Ezekiel 17:16¹⁶“‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, surely in the city of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke—in the middle of Babylon he will die!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 12:13Jer 52:112 Kgs 24:172 Sam 21:2Exod 20:7Exod 8:2Ezek 16:59Ezek 17:13Ezek 17:18-19Jer 32:4-5

Ezekiel 17:17¹⁷Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege walls are built to kill many people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 37:7Ezek 29:6-7Ezek 4:2Isa 36:6Jer 37:5Jer 33:5Jer 52:4Lam 4:17

Ezekiel 17:18¹⁸He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note —he gave his promise and did all these things. He will not escape!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 29:242 Chr 30:8Lam 5:6

Ezekiel 17:19¹⁹“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 5:11Jer 5:2Jer 5:9Ezek 21:23-27Jer 7:9-15

Ezekiel 17:20²⁰I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 12:13Ezek 20:35-36Ezek 32:3Jer 2:35Ezek 38:22Jer 39:5-72 Chr 33:112 Sam 18:9Eccl 9:12Hos 2:2

Ezekiel 17:21²¹All the choice men among his troops will die by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 25:112 Kgs 25:5Ezek 12:14Ezek 5:12Amos 9:1Amos 9:9-10Ezek 13:14Ezek 13:23Ezek 15:7Ezek 5:10

Ezekiel 17:22²²“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 20:40Isa 11:1-5Isa 53:2Ps 2:6Zech 6:12-13Ezek 40:2Jer 23:5-6Jer 33:15-16Mic 4:1Ps 72:16

Ezekiel 17:23²³I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel, and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar. Every bird will live under it; Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 13:32Ezek 31:6Isa 2:2Hos 14:7John 15:5-8Dan 4:10-14Dan 4:21-23Isa 27:6John 12:24Ps 22:27-30

Ezekiel 17:24²⁴All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord. I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree. I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 9:111 Cor 1:27-28Ezek 24:14Isa 26:5Luke 1:52-531 Sam 2:7-8Ezek 12:25Ezek 21:26Ezek 22:14Isa 55:12-13