17:1 The
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
me:
17:2 "Son
of
man,
propound
a
riddle,
and
speak
a
parable
to
the
house
of
Israel;
17:3 say,
Thus
says
the
Lord
GOD:
A
great
eagle
with
great
wings
and
long
pinions,
rich
in
plumage
of
many
colors,
came
to
Lebanon
and
took
the
top
of
the
cedar.
17:4 He
broke
off
the
topmost
of
its
young
twigs
and
carried
it
to
a
land
of
trade
and
set
it
in
a
city
of
merchants.
17:5 Then
he
took
of
the
seed
of
the
land
and
planted
it
in
fertile
soil.
He
placed
it
beside
abundant
waters.
He
set
it
like
a
willow
twig,
17:6 and
it
sprouted
and
became
a
low
spreading
vine,
and
its
branches
turned
toward
him,
and
its
roots
remained
where
it
stood.
So
it
became
a
vine
and
produced
branches
and
put
out
boughs.
17:7 "And
there
was
another
great
eagle
with
great
wings
and
much
plumage,
and
behold,
this
vine
bent
its
roots
toward
him
and
shot
forth
its
branches
toward
him
from
the
bed
where
it
was
planted,
that
he
might
water
it.
17:8 It
had
been
planted
on
good
soil
by
abundant
waters,
that
it
might
produce
branches
and
bear
fruit
and
become
a
noble
vine.
17:9 "Say,
Thus
says
the
Lord
GOD:
Will
it
thrive
Will
he
not
pull
up
its
roots
and
cut
off
its
fruit,
so
that
it
withers,
so
that
all
its
fresh
sprouting
leaves
wither
It
will
not
take
a
strong
arm
or
many
people
to
pull
it
from
its
roots.
17:10 Behold,
it
is
planted;
will
it
thrive
Will
it
not
utterly
wither
when
the
east
wind
strikes
it--wither
away
on
the
bed
where
it
sprouted"
17:11 Then
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
me:
17:12 "Say
now
to
the
rebellious
house,
Do
you
not
know
what
these
things
mean
Tell
them,
behold,
the
king
of
Babylon
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
took
her
king
and
her
princes
and
brought
them
to
him
to
Babylon.
17:13 And
he
took
one
of
the
royal
offspring
and
made
a
covenant
with
him,
putting
him
under
oath
(the
chief
men
of
the
land
he
had
taken
away),
17:14 that
the
kingdom
might
be
humble
and
not
lift
itself
up,
and
keep
his
covenant
that
it
might
stand.
17:15 But
he
rebelled
against
him
by
sending
his
ambassadors
to
Egypt,
that
they
might
give
him
horses
and
a
large
army.
Will
he
thrive
Can
one
escape
who
does
such
things
Can
he
break
the
covenant
and
yet
escape
17:16 "As
I
live,
declares
the
Lord
GOD,
surely
in
the
place
where
the
king
dwells
who
made
him
king,
whose
oath
he
despised,
and
whose
covenant
with
him
he
broke,
in
Babylon
he
shall
die.
17:17 Pharaoh
with
his
mighty
army
and
great
company
will
not
help
him
in
war,
when
mounds
are
cast
up
and
siege
walls
built
to
cut
off
many
lives.
17:18 He
despised
the
oath
in
breaking
the
covenant,
and
behold,
he
gave
his
hand
and
did
all
these
things;
he
shall
not
escape.
17:19 Therefore
thus
says
the
Lord
GOD:
As
I
live,
surely
it
is
my
oath
that
he
despised,
and
my
covenant
that
he
broke.
I
will
return
it
upon
his
head.
17:20 I
will
spread
my
net
over
him,
and
he
shall
be
taken
in
my
snare,
and
I
will
bring
him
to
Babylon
and
enter
into
judgment
with
him
there
for
the
treachery
he
has
committed
against
me.
17:21 And
all
the
pick
of
his
troops
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
and
the
survivors
shall
be
scattered
to
every
wind,
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
LORD;
I
have
spoken."
17:22 Thus
says
the
Lord
GOD:
"I
myself
will
take
a
sprig
from
the
lofty
top
of
the
cedar
and
will
set
it
out.
I
will
break
off
from
the
topmost
of
its
young
twigs
a
tender
one,
and
I
myself
will
plant
it
on
a
high
and
lofty
mountain.
17:23 On
the
mountain
height
of
Israel
will
I
plant
it,
that
it
may
bear
branches
and
produce
fruit
and
become
a
noble
cedar.
And
under
it
will
dwell
every
kind
of
bird;
in
the
shade
of
its
branches
birds
of
every
sort
will
nest.
17:24 And
all
the
trees
of
the
field
shall
know
that
I
am
the
LORD;
I
bring
low
the
high
tree,
and
make
high
the
low
tree,
dry
up
the
green
tree,
and
make
the
dry
tree
flourish.
I
am
the
LORD;
I
have
spoken,
and
I
will
do
it."