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[1]And the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 came unto me, sayingH559,[H8800]
[2]SonH1121 of manH120, put forthH2330[H8798] a riddleH2420, and speakH4911[H8798] a parableH4912 unto the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478;
[3]And sayH559[H8804], Thus saithH559[H8804] the LordH136 GODH3069; A greatH1419 eagleH5404 with greatH1419 wingsH3671, longwingedH83[H750], fullH4392 of feathersH5133, which had divers coloursH7553, cameH935[H8804] unto LebanonH3844, and tookH3947[H8799] the highest branchH6788 of the cedarH730:
[4]He cropped offH6998[H8804] the topH7218 of his young twigsH3242, and carriedH935[H8686] it into a landH776 of traffickH3667; he setH7760[H8804] it in a cityH5892 of merchantsH7402.[H8802]
[5]He tookH3947[H8799] also of the seedH2233 of the landH776, and plantedH5414[H8799] it in a fruitfulH2233 fieldH7704; he placedH3947[H8804] it by greatH7227 watersH4325, and setH7760[H8804] it as a willow treeH6851.
[6]And it grewH6779[H8799], and became a spreadingH5628[H8802] vineH1612 of lowH8217 statureH6967, whose branchesH1808 turnedH6437[H8800] toward him, and the rootsH8328 thereof were under him: so it became a vineH1612, and brought forthH6213[H8799] branchesH905, and shotH7971[H8762] forth sprigsH6288.
[7]There was also anotherH259 greatH1419 eagleH5404 with greatH1419 wingsH3671 and manyH7227 feathersH5133: and, behold, this vineH1612 did bendH3719[H8804] her rootsH8328 toward him, and shot forthH7971[H8765] her branchesH1808 toward him, that he might waterH8248[H8687] it by the furrowsH6170 of her plantationH4302.
[8]It was plantedH8362[H8803] in a goodH2896 soilH7704 by greatH7227 watersH4325, that it might bring forthH6213[H8800] branchesH6057, and that it might bearH5375[H8800] fruitH6529, that it might be a goodlyH155 vineH1612.
[9]SayH559[H8798] thou, Thus saithH559[H8804] the LordH136 GODH3069; Shall it prosperH6743[H8799]? shall he not pull upH5423[H8762] the rootsH8328 thereof, and cut offH7082[H8779] the fruitH6529 thereof, that it witherH3001[H8804]? it shall witherH3001[H8799] in all the leavesH2964 of her springH6780, even without greatH1419 powerH2220 or manyH7227 peopleH5971 to pluck it upH5375[H8800] by the roots thereofH8328.
[10]Yea, behold, being plantedH8362[H8803], shall it prosperH6743[H8799]? shall it not utterlyH3001[H8800] witherH3001[H8799], when the eastH6921 windH7307 touchethH5060[H8800] it? it shall witherH3001[H8799] in the furrowsH6170 where it grewH6780.
[11]Moreover the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068 came unto me, sayingH559,[H8800]
[12]SayH559[H8798] now to the rebelliousH4805 houseH1004, KnowH3045[H8804] ye not what these things mean? tellH559[H8798] them, Behold, the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 is comeH935[H8802] to JerusalemH3389, and hath takenH3947[H8799] the kingH4428 thereof, and the princesH8269 thereof, and ledH935[H8686] them with him to BabylonH894;
[13]And hath takenH3947[H8799] of the king'sH4410 seedH2233, and madeH3772[H8799] a covenantH1285 with him, and hath takenH935[H8686] an oathH423 of him: he hath also takenH3947[H8804] the mightyH352 of the landH776:
[14]That the kingdomH4467 might be baseH8217, that it might not lift itself upH5375[H8692], but that by keepingH8104[H8800] of his covenantH1285 it might standH5975.[H8800]
[15]But he rebelledH4775[H8799] against him in sendingH7971[H8800] his ambassadorsH4397 into EgyptH4714, that they might giveH5414[H8800] him horsesH5483 and muchH7227 peopleH5971. Shall he prosperH6743[H8799]? shall he escapeH4422[H8735] that doethH6213[H8802] such things? or shall he breakH6565[H8689] the covenantH1285, and be deliveredH4422?[H8738]
[16]As I liveH2416, saithH5002[H8803] the LordH136 GODH3069, surely in the placeH4725 where the kingH4428 dwelleth that made him kingH4427[H8688], whose oathH423 he despisedH959[H8804], and whose covenantH1285 he brakeH6565[H8689], even with him in the midstH8432 of BabylonH894 he shall dieH4191.[H8799]
[17]Neither shall PharaohH6547 with his mightyH1419 armyH2428 and greatH7227 companyH6951 makeH6213[H8799] for him in the warH4421, by casting upH8210[H8800] mountsH5550, and buildingH1129[H8800] fortsH1785, to cut offH3772[H8687] manyH7227 personsH5315:
[18]Seeing he despisedH959[H8804] the oathH423 by breakingH6565[H8687] the covenantH1285, when, lo, he had givenH5414[H8804] his handH3027, and hath doneH6213[H8804] all these things, he shall not escapeH4422.[H8735]
[19]Therefore thus saithH559[H8804] the LordH136 GODH3069; As I liveH2416, surely mine oathH423 that he hath despisedH959[H8804], and my covenantH1285 that he hath brokenH6331[H8689], even it will I recompenseH5414[H8804] upon his own headH7218.
[20]And I will spreadH6566[H8804] my netH7568 upon him, and he shall be takenH8610[H8738] in my snareH4686, and I will bringH935[H8689] him to BabylonH894, and will pleadH8199[H8738] with him there for his trespassH4603[H8804] that he hath trespassed against meH4604.
[21]And all his fugitivesH4015 with all his bandsH102 shall fallH5307[H8799] by the swordH2719, and they that remainH7604[H8737] shall be scatteredH6566[H8735] toward all windsH7307: and ye shall knowH3045[H8804] that I the LORDH3068 have spokenH1696 itH8765.
[22]Thus saithH559[H8804] the LordH136 GODH3069; I will also takeH3947[H8804] of the highest branchH6788 of the highH7311[H8802] cedarH730, and will setH5414[H8804] it; I will crop offH6998[H8799] from the topH7218 of his young twigsH3127 a tender oneH7390, and will plantH8362[H8804] it upon an highH1364 mountainH2022 and eminentH8524:[H8803]
[23]In the mountainH2022 of the heightH4791 of IsraelH3478 will I plantH8362[H8799] it: and it shall bring forthH5375[H8804] boughsH6057, and bearH6213[H8804] fruitH6529, and be a goodlyH117 cedarH730: and under it shall dwellH7931[H8804] all fowlH6833 of every wingH3671; in the shadowH6738 of the branchesH1808 thereof shall they dwellH7931.[H8799]
[24]And all the treesH6086 of the fieldH7704 shall knowH3045[H8804] that I the LORDH3068 have brought downH8213[H8689] the highH1364 treeH6086, have exaltedH1361[H8689] the lowH8217 treeH6086, have driedH3001[H8689] up the greenH3892 treeH6086, and have made the dryH3002 treeH6086 to flourishH6524[H8689]: I the LORDH3068 have spokenH1696[H8765] and have doneH6213 itH8804.
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