Ezekiel 17 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine

Eze 17:1And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Eze 17:2Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,

Eze 17:3And say, This is what the Lord has said: A great eagle with great wings, full of long feathers of different colours, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

Eze 17:4

Eze 17:4Biting off the highest of its young branches, he took it to the land of Canaan, and put it in a town of traders.

Eze 17:5

Eze 17:5And he took some of the seed of the land, planting it in fertile earth, placing it by great waters; he put it in like a willow-tree.

Eze 17:6

Eze 17:6And its growth went on and it became a vine, low and widely stretching, whose branches were turned to him and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, putting out branches and young leaves.

Eze 17:7

Eze 17:7And there was another eagle with great wings and thick feathers: and now this vine, pushing out its roots to him, sent out its branches in his direction from the bed where it was planted, so that he might give it water.

Eze 17:8

Eze 17:8He had it planted in a good field by great waters so that it might put out branches and have fruit and be a strong vine.

Eze 17:9

Eze 17:9Say, This is what the Lord has said: Will it do well? will he not have its roots pulled up and its branches cut off, so that all its young leaves may become dry and it may be pulled up by its roots?

Eze 17:10

Eze 17:10And if it is planted will it do well? will it not become quite dry at the touch of the east wind, drying up in the bed where it was planted?

Zedekiah's Rebellion

Eze 17:11

Eze 17:11Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Eze 17:12

Eze 17:12Say now to this uncontrolled people, Are these things not clear to you? Say to them, See, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took its king and its rulers away with him to Babylon;

Eze 17:13

Eze 17:13And he took one of the sons of the king and made an agreement with him; and he put him under an oath, and took away the great men of the land:

Eze 17:14

Eze 17:14So that the kingdom might be made low with no power of lifting itself up, but might keep his agreement to be his servants.

Eze 17:15

Eze 17:15But he went against his authority in sending representatives to Egypt to get from them horses and a great army. Will he do well? will he be safe who does such things? if the agreement is broken will he be safe?

Eze 17:16

Eze 17:16By my life, says the Lord, truly in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he put on one side and let his agreement with him be broken, even in Babylon he will come to his death.

Eze 17:17

Eze 17:17And Pharaoh with his strong army and great forces will be no help to him in the war, when they put up earthworks and make strong walls for the cutting off of lives:

Eze 17:18

Eze 17:18For he put his oath on one side in letting the agreement be broken; and though he had given his hand to it, he did all these things; he will not get away safe.

Eze 17:19

Eze 17:19And so the Lord has said, By my life, truly, for my oath which he put on one side, and my agreement which has been broken, I will send punishment on his head.

Eze 17:20

Eze 17:20My net will be stretched out over him, and he will be taken in my cords, and I will send him to Babylon, and there I will be his judge for the wrong which he has done against me.

Eze 17:21

Eze 17:21All his best fighting-men will be put to the sword, and the rest will be sent away to every wind: and you will be certain that I the Lord have said it.

(cf. Eze 31:1–9 )

Eze 17:22

Eze 17:22This is what the Lord has said: Further, I will take the highest top of the cedar and put it in the earth; cutting off from the highest of his young branches a soft one, I will have it planted on a high and great mountain;

Eze 17:23

Eze 17:23It will be planted on the high mountain of Israel: it will put out branches and have fruit and be a fair cedar: under it all birds of every sort will make their living-place, resting in the shade of its branches.

Eze 17:24

Eze 17:24And it will be clear to all the trees of the field that I the Lord have made low the high tree and made high the low tree, drying up the green tree and making the dry tree full of growth; I the Lord have said it and have done it.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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Ezekiel 17 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Parable of Two Eagles and a Vine

Zedekiah's Rebellion

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