The LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel; Ezk 20:49Mat 13:351Co 13:122Sa 12:1-4Ezk 24:3Hos 12:10Jdg 14:12-19Jdg 9:8-15 and say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers which had various colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar. Hos 8:1Jer 48:40Dan 4:22Ezk 17:72Ch 36:9-102Ki 24:10-16Dan 2:38Dan 7:4 He cropped off the topmost of its young twigs, and carried it to a land of traffic. He planted it in a city of merchants. Isa 43:14Isa 47:15Jer 51:13Rev 18:11-19Rev 18:3
“‘“He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fruitful soil. He placed it beside many waters. He set it as a willow tree. Deu 8:7-9Isa 44:42Ki 24:17Ezk 17:13Ezk 19:11-12Isa 15:7Jer 37:1 It grew and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and its roots were under him. So it became a vine, produced branches, and shot out sprigs. Ezk 17:14Pro 16:18-19
“‘“There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers. Behold, this vine bent its roots toward him, and shot out its branches toward him, from the ground where it was planted, that he might water it. Ezk 17:15Ezk 31:42Ch 26:132Ki 24:20Jer 37:5-7 It was planted in a good soil by many waters, that it might produce branches and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a good vine.”’ Ezk 17:5-6
“Say, ‘The Lord GOD says: “Will it prosper? Won’t he pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, that it may wither, that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? It can’t be raised from its roots by a strong arm or many people. Ezk 17:10Jer 32:52Ch 13:122Ch 20:202Ki 25:4-7Ezk 17:15-17Isa 30:1-7Isa 31:1-3 Yes, behold, being planted, will it prosper? Won’t it utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It will wither in the ground where it grew.”’” Hos 13:15Ezk 19:12-14Hos 12:1Jhn 15:6Jud 1:12Mat 21:19Mrk 11:20
Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon. Ezk 24:19Ezk 1:2Ezk 17:32Ch 36:9-102Ki 24:10-16Act 8:30Deu 6:20Exo 12:26 He took one of the royal offspring, 1 and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land, 2Ch 36:132Ki 24:15-17Ezk 17:5Jer 24:1Jer 29:2Jer 37:1Jer 5:2 that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand. Ezk 29:141Sa 2:301Sa 2:7Deu 28:43Ezk 17:6Jer 27:12-17Jer 38:17Lam 5:10 But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape? 2Ch 36:132Ki 24:20Deu 17:16Ezk 17:7Jer 34:3Jer 38:18Jer 52:3Ezk 17:18
“‘As I live,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die. Ezk 12:13Jer 52:112Ki 24:172Sa 21:2Exo 20:7Exo 8:2Ezk 16:59Ezk 17:13 Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company won’t help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons. Jer 37:7Ezk 29:6-7Ezk 4:2Isa 36:6Jer 37:5Jer 33:5Jer 52:4Lam 4:17 For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things. He won’t escape. 1Ch 29:242Ch 30:8Lam 5:6
“Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘As I live, I will surely bring on his own head my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken. Deu 5:11Jer 5:2Jer 5:9Ezk 21:23-27Jer 7:9-15 I will spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me. Ezk 12:13Ezk 20:35-36Ezk 32:3Jer 2:35Ezk 38:22Jer 39:5-72Ch 33:112Sa 18:9 All his fugitives in all his bands will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered toward every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken it.’ 2Ki 25:112Ki 25:5Ezk 12:14Ezk 5:12Amo 9:1Amo 9:9-10Ezk 13:14Ezk 13:23
“The Lord GOD says: ‘I will also take some of the lofty top of the cedar, and will plant it. I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. Ezk 20:40Isa 11:1-5Isa 53:2Psa 2:6Zec 6:12-13Ezk 40:2Jer 23:5-6Jer 33:15-16 I will plant it in the mountain of the height of Israel; and it will produce boughs, and bear fruit, and be a good cedar. Birds of every kind will dwell in the shade of its branches. Mat 13:32Ezk 31:6Isa 2:2Hos 14:7Jhn 15:5-8Dan 4:10-14Dan 4:21-23Isa 27:6 All the trees of the field will 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 flourish. Amo 9:111Co 1:27-28Ezk 24:14Isa 26:5Luk 1:52-531Sa 2:7-8Ezk 12:25Ezk 21:26
“‘I, the LORD, have spoken and have done it.’”