Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
me, saying,
Now
the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying,
`
Son of man, put
forth
a riddle ,
and
use
a simile
unto
the house of Israel ,
“
Son of man, pose
a riddle ;
speak
a parable
to
the house of Israel
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 ,
and tell
them
that
this
is
what
the Lord GOD
says
: ‘A
great eagle with
great wings
and
long pinions
, full of feathers of
many
colors
, came
to
Lebanon and took
away
the top
of the cedar .
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
.
He
plucked
off
its topmost
shoot
, carried
it to the land of merchants,
and
planted
it
in a city of traders
.
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.
He
took
some
of the seed of the land and planted
it in fertile
soil;
he
placed
it
by abundant
waters and
set it out
like
a
willow
.
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.
It sprouted
and became
a spreading vine, low
in
height
, with
branches
turned
toward him;
yet
its roots remained
where
it stood.
So
it became
a vine and yielded
branches and
sent
out
shoots
.
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,
But
there was
another great eagle with
great wings
and many
feathers .
And behold
, this vine bent its roots toward him .
It stretched
out its
branches
to him
from its planting bed
, so
that
he
might
water
it.
On
a
good field,
by many
waters ,
it
is
planted,
To make
branches ,
and to
bear fruit ,
To
be
for
an
goodly
vine.
It
had
been
planted
in
good soil
by abundant
waters in
order
to yield
branches and bear fruit and
become
a
splendid
vine. ’
Say:
Thus
said
the Lord Jehovah
: It prospereth
--
its
roots
doth
he
not draw
out,
And its fruit cut
off,
and
it is
withered
? `In'
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.
So
you
are
to
tell
them
that
this
is
what
the Lord GOD
says
: ‘Will
it flourish?
Will
it
not be
uprooted
and stripped
of
its fruit so
that
it shrivels
? All its foliage
will
wither!
It will
not take
a strong
arm
or
many
people to pull
it up by its roots.
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
. '
Even
if
it
is
transplanted
, will
it flourish
? Will
it not
completely
wither
when
the east wind strikes?
It will
wither on the bed
where
it sprouted
. ’”
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto
me, saying :
Then
the
word of the
LORD
came
to
me, saying ,
`
Say ,
I
pray
thee,
to the
rebellious house ,
Have
ye
not known
what these `are'
? 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.
“Now
say to this
rebellious house :
‘Do
you
not know
what these things
mean
? ’
Tell
them
, ‘Behold
, the king of Babylon came
to Jerusalem, carried
off
its king and officials
, and brought
them back
with
him
to Babylon.
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
,
He took
a
member
of the royal
family
and made
a covenant with
him
, putting
him under
oath .
Then
he
carried
away
the leading
men
of the land,
That the kingdom may
be humble
, That
it
may
not
lift itself up, To
keep
his covenant --
that
it
may
stand
.
so
that the kingdom would
be brought
low
, unable
to
lift itself up, surviving
only
by
keeping
his covenant.
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
?
But
this
king
rebelled
against Babylon
by
sending
his envoys
to Egypt to ask
for
horses and a
large
army.
Will
he flourish
? Will
the
one
who does
such
things escape
? Can
he break
a
covenant and yet
escape
? ’
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?
‘As
surely
as
I live ,’
declares
the Lord GOD
, ‘
he will
die
in Babylon,
in
the land
of the king who enthroned
him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.
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
.
Pharaoh
with his
mighty
army
and vast
horde
will
not
help
him in battle, when
ramps
are
built
and siege
walls
constructed
to destroy
many lives
.
And
he despised the oath --
to
break
covenant ,
And
lo,
he hath
given
his hand ,
And
all these he
hath
done
, he escapeth
not .
He despised the oath by
breaking
the
covenant .
Seeing
that
he gave
his hand in
pledge
yet
did
all these things
, he will
not escape!’
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?
Therefore this
is
what
the Lord GOD
says
: ‘As
surely
as
I live ,
I
will
bring
down
upon
his
head
My
oath that he despised and My covenant that he broke.
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.
I will
spread My net
over
him
and catch
him
in My snare.
I will
bring
him to Babylon and execute
judgment
upon
him there for
the
treason
he committed
against Me.
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.
All his choice
troops
will
fall
by the
sword, and those who
survive
will
be
scattered
to every wind .
Then
you
will
know
that I, the
LORD
, have spoken. ’
Thus
said
the Lord Jehovah
: I have
taken
of
the foliage
of the high
cedar, And I have
set `
it ',
From the
top
of
its tender
shoots a
tender
one
I
crop
, And I --
I
have
planted
`
it '
on a mountain
high and lofty.
This
is
what
the Lord GOD
says
: ‘
I will
take
a
shoot
from
the lofty
top
of the cedar, and I will
set it out.
I
will
pluck
a
tender
sprig
from its topmost
shoots, and I will
plant
it on a high and lofty mountain
.
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
.
I
will
plant
it
on
the mountain
heights
of Israel so
that
it will
bear
branches;
it will
yield
fruit and become a majestic
cedar .
Birds of every kind
will
nest
under
it
, taking
shelter
in the shade of its branches
.
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 `
it '!'
Then
all the
trees of the field will
know
that I am
the LORD.
I bring
the tall
tree
down
and
make
the
low tree tall.
I dry
up the green
tree and make
the withered
tree flourish .
I, the
LORD
, have spoken, and I
have done it .’”
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