Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto me, saying,
And the
word of the
LORD
came
unto me, saying,
`
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use
a simile
unto the house of Israel ,
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak
a parable
unto 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 say,
Thus saith
the Lord GOD;
A
great eagle with
great wings
, longwinged
, full of feathers, which
had
divers
colours, came
unto Lebanon, and took
the highest
branch
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
cropped
off
the top of his
young
twigs, and carried
it into
a
land of traffick;
he
set
it
in a city of merchants.
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
also
of the seed of the land, and planted
it in a fruitful
field ;
he
placed
it
by great
waters, and
set it as
a
willow
tree
.
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
.
And it grew
, and became
a spreading vine of low
stature, whose
branches
turned
toward him
, and the
roots thereof
were
under him:
so
it became
a vine, and brought
forth
branches
, and shot
forth sprigs
.
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,
There was
also
another great eagle with
great wings
and many
feathers :
and, behold,
this vine did
bend
her
roots toward him, and shot
forth
her
branches
toward him, that
he
might
water it by
the furrows of her
plantation.
On
a good field,
by many
waters, it is
planted,
To
make
branches, and to
bear fruit, To
be for
an
goodly vine.
It
was
planted
in
a good soil
by great
waters, that
it might
bring
forth
branches, and that
it
might
bear fruit, that
it
might
be a
goodly 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.
Say thou,
Thus saith
the Lord GOD;
Shall
it prosper?
shall
he not pull
up
the
roots
thereof
, and cut off the
fruit
thereof
, that
it wither
? it
shall
wither
in all the leaves of her
spring
, even
without
great power
or
many
people to pluck
it up by the
roots thereof
.
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
. '
Yea
, behold,
being
planted ,
shall
it prosper? shall
it not
utterly
wither,
when
the east wind toucheth
it? it
shall
wither
in
the furrows where
it grew
.
And
there
is
a
word of Jehovah
unto me, saying :
Moreover
the
word of the
LORD
came
unto 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 .
Say now
to the rebellious house, Know
ye not what these things
mean
? tell
them
, Behold
, the king of Babylon is
come
to Jerusalem, and hath
taken
the
king thereof
, and the
princes thereof
, and led
them 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,
And hath
taken
of the king's
seed, and made
a covenant with
him
, and hath
taken
an oath of
him:
he
hath
also
taken
the mighty of the land :
That the kingdom may
be humble
, That it may
not lift itself up, To
keep
his covenant --
that
it may
stand.
That the kingdom might
be base
, that it might
not lift itself up, but
that
by
keeping
of
his covenant it might
stand.
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
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? or
shall
he break
the
covenant ,
and be
delivered
?
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
I live ,
saith
the Lord GOD
, surely
in the place where
the king dwelleth
that
made
him king
, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake
, even
with him in the midst of Babylon he
shall
die .
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.
Neither
shall
Pharaoh
with his
mighty
army
and great
company
make
for
him in the
war
, by casting
up
mounts
, and building forts
, to cut off many persons:
And
he despised the oath --
to
break
covenant, And
lo, he hath
given his hand, And all
these
he
hath done, he escapeth
not.
Seeing
he despised the oath by
breaking
the
covenant, when,
lo, he had
given his hand, and hath done all
these
things
, he shall
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 thus saith
the Lord GOD;
As
I live ,
surely
mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even
it will
I
recompense
upon
his own
head .
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.
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
plead
with him there for
his trespass that he hath trespassed 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.
And all his fugitives with all his bands shall
fall
by the
sword, and they that
remain
shall
be
scattered
toward
all
winds:
and ye shall
know
that I the
LORD
have spoken it
.
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.
Thus saith
the Lord GOD;
I will
also
take
of the highest
branch
of the high cedar, and will
set it ;
I
will
crop
off
from the top of his
young
twigs
a tender one, and will
plant
it upon
an
high mountain
and eminent:
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.
In the
mountain of
the height
of Israel will
I plant it :
and it shall
bring
forth
boughs, and bear
fruit, and be
a goodly cedar :
and under it shall
dwell
all fowl
of every wing ;
in the shadow
of the
branches
thereof
shall
they dwell.
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 '!'
And all the
trees of the field shall
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 to flourish :
I the
LORD
have spoken and have done it .
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